Charleston City Paper 05/16/2025 - 28.42

Ashley Stanol

MUSC scholarship winner is med school’s only early graduate

By Herb Frazier

When Columbia native Uriah Chapman was 10, he knew doctors and nurses in the neonatal intensive care unit of a Columbia hospital were working feverishly to keep his premature brother alive.

The angst and intrigue of that experience planted the first seed in his mind that he, too, could become a doctor. To do so, however, he overcame his mother’s death, the breakup of his family, financial struggles and failing grades in high school.

A decade and half after those and other ordeals, Chapman will be among the 175 students who will graduate on Saturday from the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) College of Medicine. He’s the only student, however, who’s graduating a year early, the university said.

“My story has been full of moments that I just can’t believe,” Chapman told the Charleston City Paper. Because of the struggles he has faced, Chapman said, “I had given up on the idea of going to medical school. Looking back on it now as a 26-year-old, I can see that everything that happened had a reason behind it.”

Dr. Terrence E. “Terry” Steyer, dean of the College of Medicine, said Chapman worked alongside him in a clinic.

“It was obvious that he was the ideal

student for the accelerated medical pathway — hardworking, self-motivated and well prepared to begin his next stage of training.”

Chapman “is an incredible young man when you consider all of the barriers that he had to overcome, said North Charleston Dr. Thaddeus J. Bell, a former associate dean in MUSC’s college of medicine and director of the university’s office of diversity.

MUSC waived Chapman’s tuition, but he needed loans for living expenses. To help with those expenses, he received $10,000 in support last fall from Bell’s Family Scholarship Endowment at the Coastal Community Foundation. The scholarship helps Black students pursuing careers in health at MUSC.

Going it alone

Completing medical school through a threeyear accelerated program was difficult, Chapman admitted, because he could not draw on the support of fellow students.

“One of the great things about medical school is you get to know your classmates, and you bond over that shared struggle,” he explained. “But when I went to the accelerated track it was just me so … I didn’t have that close-knit community.”

Chapman experienced similar isolation when he was 16 entering his junior year in the fall of 2015 at Ridgeview High

“I had given up on the idea of going to medical school. Looking back on it now as a 26-year-old, I can see that everything that happened had a reason behind it.” —Uriah Chapman

School in Columbia. His mother, Cosha Calloway, died that season from opioid and alcohol addictions. Shortly after her death, Chapman’s stepfather remarried, and left Columbia without him. His three siblings also moved to other states.

Chapman didn’t have a relationship with his biological father, and he did not want to live with his stepfather and his new wife. He remained in Columbia where he jumped from one couch to the next until his best friend’s family allowed him to live with them.

Chapman’s high school assigned him a social worker, “and my stepdad signed over

The Rundown

Charleston area tourism generates record $14 billion

The Charleston region saw another record-breaking tourism year in 2024, generating a total economic impact of $14 billion, according to new numbers from Explore Charleston

The area realized a 1.2% increase in total visitors to 7.9 million and a 5.5% increase in average visitor expenditure. Every adult per trip spent an average of $1,105 in 2024, compared to $1,048 in 2023, according to data from the College of Charleston’s Office of Tourism Analysis. The average expenditure per adult in 2019 was $878 per trip.

“We’re not seeing explosive growth of more overnight visitors — what we see is a continued trend of gradual growth of more higher-value visitors,” said college analyst Daniel Guttentag. Overall, tourism’s economic impact here has grown by 32% since 2021, while the total number of visitors grew by 9%. —Andy Brack

4.94 million

Number of hotel room nights sold in the Charleston area in 2024. Additionally, the average rate at hotels rose $1 to $186 per night, up from $155 in 2019. Source: College of Charleston Office of Tourism Analysis

CP GROCERY TRACKER

May 3–May 9, 2025

We’re now keeping track of fluctuating costs. Numbers are based on weekly average costs nationwide.

Milk (half-gallon): $1.98 ( $0.05)

Cheese (8-ounce block): $2.97 ( $0.34)

Eggs (dozen, large white): $3.07 ( $0.92)

Bananas (per pound): $0.52 ( $0.07)

Avocados (each): $0.86 ( $0.15)

Gas (per gallon, S.C. avg.): $2.821 ( $0.032)

Sources: ams.usda.gov, gasprices.aaa.com

Herb Frazier

Uriah Chapman is scheduled Saturday to graduate a year early from the Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine. It is expected to award medical degrees to 175 students during a commencement ceremony at the North Charleston Coliseum.

Marissa Anne Meloy, 1987–2025

Marissa Anne Meloy died at age 38 on April 25, 2025, as the result of a vehicle striking her while skating near her favorite park in Charleston, S.C. Marissa was born in Seoul, South Korea, on Jan. 28, 1987, and arrived nine months later to her adopted parents, Linda Meloy, now of Iowa City, Iowa, and David Meloy (Ruthanne) of Muscatine, Iowa. She is survived by her mother and father; two brothers, H.F. Loxley of Beardstown, Ill., and Rob Meloy (Cherra) of Marshalltown, Iowa; and nephews Declan, Patrick and Connor Meloy. Her extended family includes several aunts, uncles and cousins.

maternal and paternal grandparents. Marissa attended pre-school through high school in the Muscatine School System, followed by Scott Community College and MacMurray College where she earned a bachelor of science degree in Sign Language Interpreting in 2009. She preferred employment in restaurants and did so for 16 years in Ames, Iowa; Portland, Iowa and Charleston, where she was known as Blair.

Along with being a master cook, most recently at Husk in Charleston, Marissa was an avid reader and wrote poetry and short stories, as well as created drawings in various mediums. She loved her cats and her many friends, far and wide.

Marissa was preceded in death by her

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his parental rights, so I became an unaccompanied youth at 16,” he said.

From then until medical school, he navigated between different families and church members. Teachers became his godparents, he said.

Horrible grades

Failing grades marked the report cards during his first two years of high school. “I didn’t think I was going to college,” he revealed. But as he entered his junior year of high school while having trouble at home, an unexpected pathway to college opened after he decided on New Year’s Eve 2015 to attend a church service instead of a party. By the time he entered the church, his family had been shattered. He had a heavy burden, “but my heart was open, and I found Jesus. Everything changed,” he recalled. During his last two years in high school he scored As and Bs.

“I don’t have any great explanation as to why that happened, but that was the moment my faith ignited, and things started to gradually fall into place,” he said in a recent interview. “School didn’t become easy, but I became more invested, more devoted, and I began enjoying the process of trying to learn and grow.”

Chapman graduated from the University of South Carolina in May 2021 as an honors student with all As. He pursued a triple major in biology, public health and sociology through USC’s Honors College.

Chapman was one of the students in Dr. Bobby Donaldson’s documentary history course in the Honors College.

There will be a Celebration of Life in Muscatine, Iowa, in the near future. Memorials in her name could be given to your local animal shelter, public library or food bank.

“Uriah Chapman is one of those rare young scholars who leaves a lasting impression,” Donaldson said. “What truly sets Uriah apart, however, is his ability to defy expectations and excel against the odds.”

After graduating from USC, Chapman applied for medical school, but he did not score high enough on the entrance exam. He took a year off to study for it while he worked as an emergency medical technician in Lexington County.

“I came to MUSC in July 2022 with the plan that it would take four years,” he said. But after his first semester Chapman said he was doing better than he expected so that opened the door for him to enroll in the accelerated program.

Mother had a plan

Chapman’s mother reminded him continuously that his first name came from the Bible. Uriah means, “God is my light or God is my fire,” he said. Chapman and his siblings then realized the unexpected. After his mother died, he and his siblings saw that their mother had given each of them Biblical names and their initials spelled Jesus. Cosha Calloway named her children Jadon, Exodus, Shekinah, Uriah and Samuel. Jadon was born prematurely, and Samuel died when he was a year and a half.

“I don’t think my mom planned that, but [she] taught us the meaning of our names,” Chapman said. “Faith was woven into who we are individually and collectively. It reminds us that we have not been forgotten about as a family.”

In the coming year, Chapman plans to pursue an internship in internal medicine at MUSC, beginning July 1, and then specialize in cardiology.

Congrats to 469 Best of Charleston winners

Hundreds of folks have a lot to smile about today for being picked by Charleston City Paper readers as the Best of Charleston. Congratulations! Woo hoo!!

These winners deserve to be proud for putting in long hours of hard work, performing extraordinary customer service and doing all that it takes to be recognized for being at the top of their game.

In addition to today’s 48-page newspaper, look for our 128-page celebration of Best of Charleston winners in a special section available at any of the 700 locations where you pick up the newspaper throughout the tri-county area.

Inside the special Best of Charleston issue — we recommend that you keep it all year as a reference — you’ll find readers’ picks on everything from the best new place to find a cocktail to dozens of great restaurants by cuisine and location. Or you might want to figure out the best place to buy a cigar, shop for antiques or grab a new garment.

Among this year’s big winners are familiar names, such as the Charleston Animal Society, Halls Chophouse, Guilty Pleasures, Germain Dermatology, Lewis Barbecue and Holy City Brewing.

And then there were some new picks. Readers tapped former Congressman Joe Cunningham, who isn’t even in office any more, as best politician. Congrats also to this year’s big sponsor, Crantford Costa Ulm Plastic Surgery for being picked for the first time as best plastic surgery practice. For the second year in a row, readers picked WCBD

meteorologist Rob Fowler as winner in two categories

— best weatherman (which he’s won several times) and best Charlestonian who is not Bill Murray or Darius Rucker!

Also look for these winners, some new, some familiar:

• Best locally based cannabis product: High Rise Seltzer

• Best indoor adventure/experience: Lumber Jill’s

Axe Throwing Lounge

• Best place to buy local seafood: Crosby’s Fish and Shrimp Co.

• Best smoke shop: Smoke ’N Brew

• Best vintage clothing store: Red Rose Vintage

• Best dog-walking service: Brown Dog Walking Co.

• Best dance club: The Commodore

• Best local band: The Yacht Club

• Best do-gooder/activist: Kelly Carroll

• Best non-alcoholic bar: Sweatman’s Garden

• Best local podcast: Nic Butler’s Charleston Time Machine.

Finally, we would be remiss if we did not mention the generous sponsors and friends who helped us to put on a rocking winners’ celebration Thursday night as the City Paper took over Building 64 at the Navy Yard in North Charleston.

Thanks to everyone who voted in this year’s Best of Charleston contest. The 2026 edition is just around the corner!

CHARLESTON CHECKLIST of community objectives

We encourage community leaders to act on these audacious priorities:

1. Deal with the water. Build a strong resiliency plan to harden infrastructure and make smart climate change decisions about development, roads and quality of life.

2. Fix roads, traffic. Repair and improve roads and reduce traffic. Speed up alternatives, including more public transportation.

3. Be smarter about education. Inject new energy into the broken Charleston County school board by focusing on kids, not national mantras.

4. Conduct public business in public. Be transparent in public business. Stop the secrecy.

5. Invest in quality of life. Build more parks. Have more festivals. Invest in infrastructure that promotes a broad sense of community.

6. Engage in real racial conciliation. If we embark on more conversations and actions on racial reconciliation, our community will strengthen and grow.

7. Develop fewer hotels, more affordable housing. Make Charleston a more affordable place to live for everyone.

8. Develop Union Pier at scale. Let’s not put ship-sized buildings on the coveted Union Pier property downtown. Instead, make what comes appropriate.

9. Build and follow a 50-year plan. Plan for the county’s long-term future and follow the plan.

10. Pay people more. Pay a living wage. Push South Carolina lawmakers to set a real minimum wage.

Prepare before you show up at DMV

By Andy Brack

It took four tries and three different state Department of Motor Vehicle offices before a newto-me car got a South Carolina title and license plate.

On two in-person attempts, I gave up when I realized lines were two hours long and then three hours long. It didn’t help that people who have had seven years to get their REAL ID were freaking out and flooding the agency.

So after a couple of days, I went to another office where the line was shorter. I sucked it up and got help after an hour and a half –only to be told that the person who transferred the title to me actually titled it to himself. Hooray.

Armed with more paperwork a few days later — and after the REAL ID deadline passed — I headed to another DMV office. After a 1.5 hour wait, the transaction took four minutes. Hooray.

Kevin Shwedo, who has directed the agency’s 1,500 employees since 2011, knows these visits can be frustrating. But when he inherited the agency, average wait times were 40 minutes, which were cut to six minutes around the state. These days, the average is 13 minutes, he said.

But as the agency’s funding has remained mostly stagnant in recent years, the state’s population has grown by a third from 4 million to 5.5 million people. And the types of transactions that the agency has to process haven’t gotten smaller.

“I’m responsible for 444 different transactions all predicated by law and all interpreted at the individual level,” Shwedo said. Earlier in an interview, he noted that “with a 25% increase [in the population], we haven’t had a significant increase in personnel, but we have changed policies and procedures.”

It didn’t help that people who have had seven years to get their REAL ID were freaking out and flooding the agency.

In recent years, the department gained significant efficiencies by shifting how it dealt with tags and titles for car dealers. It also reduced wait times, Shwedo said, through mandatory electronic registration protocols, more online services, third-party driver’s license testing and installation of self-serve kiosks. The agency also has boosted employee training, which has helped to improve retention rates.

And while Shwedo is always looking for ways to improve, what he really wants now to make sure the agency succeeds is a new software system that uses off-the-rack software, not a system powered by a computer language developed in 1959.

For that — and to avoid a software meltdown that’s sure to come and be more expensive if it isn’t fixed pronto — he said the agency needs $12 million more in recurring funds for computer and identity management security.

“My COBOL programmers are older than I am,” Shwedo said. “If you don’t use current technology, you can’t keep up with the demand. So you’ve got to be able to be more efficient on the computers and be able to secure them.”

If you need to head to the DMV to get some business taken care of, here are three tips to make your trip go more smoothly.

• Find the best time. Before you head out, go online to the DMV website (scdmvonline.gov) and click the button at top right that is marked “locations & wait times.” Then click on an office location near you to find out — in real time — how long you might have to wait. Worst times tend to be around 8:30 a.m. and lunchtime.

• Research. Learn on the website what you need to bring with you to have a successful transaction. Note: Shwedo says there are a lot of unofficial sites that take advantage of people. Only use the state’s site.

• Pay taxes. If you need a title or tag, make sure you pay taxes on the vehicle before you show up at the DMV. There’s no telling how many people we saw walk out of an office for not having this done first.

Andy Brack is editor and publisher of Charleston City Paper. Have a comment? Send to: feedback@ charleston citypaper.com.

To say the work is well-researched is an understatement.

But it’s the writing and gripping story that captivate. Perhaps only Sack would describe the soaring black top of the Calhoun Street church as a “brilliant white facade and witch’s hat steeple recognizable around the world.” Or murderer Dylann Roof’s attack, fueled by online hate, as being “video-game detachment of his savagery.” Or how a federal judge concluded there wasn’t enough evidence of Roof being incapacitated to keep him from representing himself at one point “even if it felt like suicide by jury.” Or how the forgiveness by families and victims of the shootings burned the church and Charleston “into the world’s consciousness as symbols of an otherworldly grace.”

The book may snare you on its second page in what may be the best description ever of the span and breadth of Charleston’s antebellum history, steeped in business, racism, fear and cruelty that manifests broadly today:

“What happened that night — the mass murder of nine innocent worshippers in one of the most horrific racist attacks in American history — catapulted “Mother Emanuel” into global prominence, its brilliant white facade and witch’s hat steeple recognizable around the world. What happened two days later, when five family members volunteered public expressions of forgiveness for the unrepentant killer, and two days after that, when 10,000 people of varied hues linked hands across the two-and-a-half mile arc of the Ravenel Bridge, and five days after that, when the first Black president of the United States delivered a eulogy unlike any in the country’s experience, made for defining markers in America’s ongoing struggle with the psychosis of race. Once again, history had been made in Charleston, the slave port where nearly half of all captive Africans disembarked in North America and where the Civil War began at Fort Sumter.”

Most meaningful work

Sack, in an exclusive early discussion with the Charleston City Paper, said his first book is his life’s most meaningful work. “It was work I could only have done after the rather long and varied career I’ve now had, which has included its share of immersive, narrative writing about race and faith in the South,” said Sack, a 65-year-old native of Jacksonville, Fla. “It also, obviously, was very intense, both in the heartbreak of the subject matter, the volume of work required to master it, and the complexity of structuring a two-century narrative that is hopefully readable and engaging.”

He recalled poring over records at the Charleston County Register of Deeds office, thrilled to find records of handwritten deeds in thick volumes of property of the nascent Black church in 1818 and later in

1865, when Emanuel AME was built.

And this surprise: “The latter, for the current site on Calhoun Street, showed that the property had been sold by George Alfred Trenholm, the imprisoned former secretary of the Confederate treasury. Quite a reversal of fortunes.”

He conducted a statistical analysis of the links between the “so-called Denmark Vesey insurrection plot of 1822” and what then was simply called the African Church — Charleston Blacks in the 1700s often worshipped in White-run churches, despite making up a majority of worshippers.

“When you look at the numbers, it’s hard to not conclude that the church itself was a primary target of the investigation and subsequent trials mounted by city authorities. … Suspects connected to the church were more than twice as likely to be convicted, to be sentenced to death and to be executed without a pardon as those who were not.”

And Sack used South Carolina’s open records law to learn about the psyche of Roof by getting access to more than 10 hours of non-privileged recordings with his mother and grandparents.

“I limit their use in the book, but they provided insight into just how detached he

from a security camera mounted outside of the church,” he said. “They were shown during Dylann Roof’s trial, and I have watched them repeatedly since, and I’ve never shaken how demolishing it is to see each of the victims come into the building during their last hour or two of life.

“You actually get a sense for who they are, just from those few seconds of tape. You see (the Rev.) Clementa Pinckney interacting with his parishioners and can tell that Myra Thompson dressed up to teach her first Bible study session. It’s heart-wrenching.”

Another example: how it felt to sit behind Roof’s grandparents during his trial.

“Without their saying a word you could feel their suffering, and it was a reminder that Roof had devastated not only the victims’ families on the other side of the courtroom, but also his own.”

Learning about forgiveness

A central theme of the book surrounds the forgiveness that family members shared with the world two days after the slaughter. The book’s epilogue, he said, tries to make some historical and theological sense of the concept of forgiveness by family members for the “remorseless murderer.”

Forgiveness is part of the African American church’s core, a message that builds throughout Sack’s book.

“I argue that those who believed that the forgiveness expressed toward Dylann Roof was for Dylann Roof likely misinterpreted the intent. I think it was more self-preservationist, a modern iteration of a time-tested psychological tactic that African American Christians have utilized to purge themselves of the destructive toxins of fury and rage.

“ It was work I could only have done after the rather long and varied career I’ve now had, which has included its share of immersive, narrative writing about race and faith in the South.” —Kevin Sack

seemed,” he said. “He shows zero concern for the impact of his actions on them and is full of demands. At one point, to his mother’s disbelief, he insists that she send him a French primer.”

Lots of sadness

Sack admits the book is filled with sadness. “My opening chapter, which is about the life of the church on the day of the massacre, is based substantially on recordings

“It has helped African Americans withstand enslavement, forced migration, captivity, indentured servitude, segregation, discrimination, denial of citizenship and the constant threat of racial and sexual violence with their souls still, somehow, intact. In Charleston, it served as an unburdening, not an undoing, a means not only of moral practice but of emotional self-care. Because the choice to forgive is one dignity that cannot be taken away, it also served as a path to empowerment, a restoration of agency to those who had been robbed of it.”

What’s next

Sack will have book events throughout June across the South, including a June 2 prepublication sneak peak for members of the church and AME community. It will be at 7 p.m. at the church, 110 Calhoun St. Next spring, he’ll head to Princeton University to be a visiting journalism professor where he’ll teach a course on America’s racial narrative.

After that? He may — after some rest — begin work on a book that explores race in the 1960s in his hometown of Jacksonville, including a look into a childhood hero.

Sack’s new book is available June 3

Photos by Ashley Stanol

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Charleston chefs talk reality TV competitions

By Helen Mitternight

Many foodies in Charleston are cheering every Thursday night for hometown chef Shuai Wang, owner of Jackrabbit Filly and King BBQ, who is currently competing on Bravo’s Top Chef.

The competition is held in Toronto this year and, for those who have never seen it, a group of chefs competes in timed challenges, facing elimination each week for mistakes or dishes that don’t meet with the approval of a panel of celebrity judges. The winner will receive $250,000 and a $125,000 flight credit, among other prizes.

Wang had one episode in which his mistake almost led to the elimination of another contestant.

“Oh boy, I felt like a complete asshole,” Wang said during the show. “The clock is ticking down, you’re doing probably six things at the same time, and you’re trying to help your teammates. Being a chef, naturally you’re going to clean and organize. I was trying to help out.”

Wang wound up accidentally throwing out ingredients another chef had planned to use.

“My heart just sank to the bottom of my stomach,” Wang said. “If he was going to be eliminated, I would have thrown myself on the sword.”

Fortunately, neither Wang nor his teammate were eliminated that week. Although filming is already over, Wang is contractually obligated to keep secret how he fares on the show. As of May 8, he was one of 6 chefs remaining, down from an initial 15.

Lowcountry chefs have a history of TV appearances

The secrecy and the intense competition are familiar to at least two other Charleston chefs. Circa 1886 pastry chef Ashley Cardona competed last year on the Food Network’s Wizards of Baking (she was out in the second round) and Kultura’s Nikko Cagalanan won his 2022 episode of Food Network’s Chopped. In that competition, he went up against three other chefs to prepare

Owner/chef of Jackrabbit Filly and King BBQ Shuai Wang has been captivating audiences with his current role on food competition Top Chef

exotic ingredients he saw at the last minute. The three spoke recently to Charleston City Paper to talk about life during and after reality competitions.

City Paper: What was the most difficult thing about the competition?

Shuai Wang: I think the most difficult part about Top Chef for me was being away from family, being away from my wife and my fur babies. Corrie and I just passed our 10-year mark this past March and I think that was the longest we’ve been apart. We have long and stressful days here, but we can hang out and talk it out. On Top Chef if you have a hard day, you go back and you’re by yourself.

Ashley Cardona: It was my first show. The world of TV is pretty crazy; it’s 12- to 14-hour days filming. It was in London, so there was jetlag and, this particular show, we filmed overnights because it was the only time the set was available. There was really not a lot of sleeping involved.

Nikko Cagalanan: Just getting used to having multiple cameras, like two feet from you. There are three to four cameras watching you struggle and watching you come up with dishes on the fly with the ingredients they throw at you. It’s just awkward.

CP: What surprised you the most about the competition?

Wang: I think just how much I really enjoyed it. I did not watch a lot of Top Chef prior to being picked and when I did get

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What’s new

Nashville-based Pelato opened its first restaurant outside of the Music City this week in Charleston in the Morrison Drive space formerly used by Butcher and Bee. If you’re looking for ItalianAmerican style fare featuring small plates, this is the place to go. With 180 seats, it can accommodate busy Spoleto crowds in a setting that still feels cozy. Enjoy fresh-pulled mozzarella and yummy crostini with a garlicky tomato spread on toasted sesame with whipped burrata. You can savor several kinds of meats and fish, including baked clams and big meatballs that melt in your mouth. Open seven days a week starting at 5 p.m. More: pelatorestaurant.com Shem Creek’s Sunsets recently released a new menu and updated website to reflect some updates. New menu items include dishes like lobster and crab dip, grouper bites, buffalo shrimp and a variety of raw and steamed selections, from oysters Rockefeller to steamed mussels and tuna poke. Guests can also order sushi from both the upstairs and downstairs dining rooms. Sunsets is open from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. daily. Learn more at sunsetswaterfrontdining.com.

What’s hot

Pitmaster Pat Martin, the chef/owner of the South’s popular barbecue restaurants, Martin’s Bar-B-Que Joint (locally, find Martin’s on James Island), is the star of the Outdoor Channel’s Life of Fire. Season two of the show, which dives deeper into American live fire traditions, aired earlier this month. Two Charleston-based chefs, Jason Stanhope and James London, will appear in episodes this season. Catch episodes every Monday at 9 p.m. on the Outdoor Channel.

What’s happening

selected, I started watching some of the earlier seasons. It was very cutthroat. But once I got on the show, everyone was so sweet and so nice. That may be largely due to the fact that kitchen culture has changed so much (since earlier seasons). There was

Get your tickets now for a winemaker’s lunch ($85/per person) at Hotel Bennett’s Gabrielle , to be held from noon to 2 p.m. on May 23. Erica Crawford, co-founder of Kim Crawford Wines and the founder of Loveblock wine will discuss her journey as a winemaker while guests sip on the fruits of her labor. Learn more and make a reservation at hotelbennett.com. Connelly Hardaway

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Pastry chef Ashley Cardona competed on Wizards of Baking last year

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Story of S.C.’s Combahee Raid powers Gibbes exhibition

By Maura Hogan

Most anyone knows that Harriet Tubman served as spy, soldier, nurse and North Star navigator during the Civil War. And most know she fearlessly returned to the scene of her bondage to guide the similarly enslaved to freedom. Still, much about her eludes full grasp, particularly for historians who like their facts sufficiently sourced.

That is, until Dr. Edda Fields-Black found a way.

For years, the Carnegie Mellon University historian has trained her fastidious intellect on facts surrounding a South Carolina chapter of Tubman’s life, the Combahee River Raid. The Union military operation that took place June 1–2, 1863, freed 756 enslaved people along the river, burning several rice plantations along the way.

The yield of the scholar’s considerable rigor is COMBEE: Harriet Tubman, the Combahee River Raid, and Black Freedom during the Civil War, a 776-page eyeopener of an opus published by Oxford University Press in 2024.

On May 5, Fields-Black received the Pulitzer Prize in History for the work. The recognition resonates with her in how it gives voice to the experiences of hundreds of thousands of enslaved individuals.

“This is a South Carolina story, but one with national significance,” Fields-Black told the Charleston City Paper in the days following the Pulitzer announcement. She added that it is the antebellum history of Colleton and Beaufort counties, as many of those records were burned by Sherman.

Picturing an exhibition

The Gibbes Museum of Art on May 23 will further the groundbreaking work through a new exhibition, Picturing Freedom: Harriet Tubman and the Combahee River Raid

Guest-curated by Dr. Vanessa ThaxtonWard, director of Hampton University Museum who previously served as director of the Penn Center on St. Helena Island, it represents a collaboration with environmental photographer and Charleston native J. Henry Fair.

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Fashion, music event is May 17 at IAAM

The International African American Arts Museum and Highest In the Room (HITR) present the 4th Annual Gullah Gala Fashion and Music Experience: “The Gullah Gatsby.” The event, which is 5:45 p.m. to 9 p.m. May 17, is a cultural couture fashion and music experience celebrating the rich heritage of the Gullah Geechee culture and the African Diaspora. The dress code is Gatsby/Roaring 1920s attire. Tickets start at $80 and can be purchased at bit.ly/gullahgala. Location: 14 Wharfside St., Charleston.

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A visually layered foray into this seminal story, the exhibition features Fair’s large-scale photographs, works inspired by Tubman, including William H. Johnson’s 1945 “Three Freedom Fighters” and James DeLoache’s 1959 “Portrait of Harriet Tubman.” Also included are related artifacts and a video produced by Fair that features performer and educator Ron Daise (Gullah Gullah Island).

“A fascinating and scholarly undertaking by Dr. Fields-Black, I feel that those individuals who are not immediately drawn to a thick history book will find the exhibition an inspiration to then actually read the book for all of the details,” said Thaxton-Ward.

An untapped source

In her research, Fields-Black frequently followed the money. Accessing U.S. Civil War pension files, she was able to piece together the enslaved and their families, their enslavers and the rice plantations where they labored, all to more fully assemble the narrative around Tubman’s Civil War service and the Combahee Raid.

“I knew that the pension files hadn’t been used in this way, and historians really hadn’t paid attention to them,” she said.

Other records, too, are transactional: newspaper advertisements for the sale of the enslaved; mortgages of planter names like Heyward, Middleton, Kirkland and Lowndes; wills inking the destinies of those in bondage, often filed in Charleston. Through these documents and more, she

was able to find the pulse coursing through the perfunctory paper trail, fleshing out seemingly dry-as-bone data to find personal accounts, in the voices of those relaying them – in other words, the human lives submerged between the lines. Name by name, she identified those who toiled in the face of disease and more, often in rice fields, always against their will – to then track how Tubman galvanized them into a high-stakes, do-or-die, successful military operation.

The importance of terrain

Mapping such terrain is no walk in the park, then or now, figuratively or physically.

• May 17, 2 p.m.: Artist talk with imagemaker Joshua Parks on his first solo museum exhibition. Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art, 161 Calhoun St., Charleston, halsey.cofc.edu.

• May 18, 2:30 p.m.: The day following the gala at the IAAM, HITR will host “Wha Gwan?: Dandy Disclosure,” a panel discussion featuring celebrity stylish Quentin Thrash. It will be held at a private location to be disclosed to ticket holders. Tickets are available at bit.ly/gullahgalapanel.

• May 18, 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.: The Holy City Brewing Book Fair, in collaboration with Charleston Friends of the Library, transforms the brewery’s tap room into a free fair with a pop-up book sale of titles for all ages, vintage T-shirts and local authors including Roger Newman, author of the newly released Boys. Location: 1021 Aragon Ave., North Charleston.

MUSIC

• May 16, 9 p.m.: 2 Slices + Rotoglow, Royal American, downtown.

• May 16, 6 p.m.: Andrew Scotchie , Pour House.

• May 22 and 23, 8 p.m.: Umphrey’s McGee , The Windjammer.

• May 23, 8 p.m.: Sturgill Simpson, Credit One Stadium. New album just released.

• May 24, 8 p.m.: Keith Urban, Credit One Stadium.

• May 24, 9 p.m.: The Simplicity (local), Royal American. Albumrelease show.

“Can you break a Harriet,” by Kevin Pullen, 2024

Harriet Tubman (illustrated above) faced multiple threats in helping the enslaved reach freedom

“Cottonmouth or Water Moccasin Snake,” by J. Henry Fair, 2015

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CJO, Testone to swing blues at Charleston Music Hall

By Vincent Harris

The Charleston Jazz Orchestra will be “Swinging the Blues” during two May 17 shows at Charleston Music Hall that celebrate the breadth of the genre that’s much more than the stereotype of a lone musician tapping his foot and wailing on a guitar.

Count Basie’s big band, for example, could play the blues just as well as T-Bone Walker, and Billie Holiday intimately knew the pain she sang about in “The Blues Are Brewin’.”

Saturday’s programs pay tribute to the artists who freely mixed blues and swing jazz — artists like Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Etta James and B.B. King. But the 17-piece CJO is also throwing in some surprises, most notably a spin through the epic James Brown ballad “It’s A Man’s Man’s Man’s World” and a big-band treatment of a recent Lizzo tune.

CJO Artistic Director and Conductor Robert Lewis, who also is director of jazz studies at the College of Charleston, created the show. He said the point of the show is to emphasize the common ground between blues and jazz.

“They’re both styles of music that were developed in the American South and they share a lot of characteristics.” Lewis said. “Both styles really grew out of the intersection of traditional African music and traditional Western European music and how they were slammed together in the American South.”

Testone to perform, too

For about half of the “Swingin’ The Blues” show, Charleston vocalist and songwriter Elise Testone will join the orchestra.

Testone, a nationally known performer and former American Idol finalist who once shared the stage with B.B. King will sing the James Brown ballad, a bit of Ella Fitzgerald and two original tunes arranged for the orchestra, “Help Me” and “Lucky Day.”

In addition to being a veteran blues per-

former, Testone said blues music means a lot to her.

“I’ll always be connected with the blues,” Testone said. “It comes very naturally, because at a young age I started feeling depression. It became a very normal part of my life. There’s definitely some of that sadness inside of me, so to be able to release it through music is always a wonderful gift.”

Lewis and Testone are both excited about the collaboration because they’ve been searching for a project to work on together for almost two decades.

“We’ve always had her on our radar,” Lewis said. “She’s somebody that we’d wanted to have as a guest, and she’s perfect for this show because her voice is incredible. Everything she sings is just drenched in the blues tradition. She can sing ‘Happy Birthday’ and it would come out sounding like the blues.”

“I met Robert when I moved to Charleston back in 2006,” Testone added. “I always looked up to him and his musical ability. So to be doing this now is really exciting for me.”

Ultimately, Testone and Lewis said they’d like for the audience to leave the “Swingin’ The Blues” concert with a different perspective on the flexibility of one of America’s most important musical genres.

“The blues is a very broad idea,” Lewis said. “I think sometimes we think of music in what I call ‘record store bin’ terms. The music becomes too narrowly defined. So I hope people get an appreciation for the depth and breadth of the intersection between jazz and blues. For me, that’s pretty exciting.”

“I’d just like people to be aware of the fact that the blues doesn’t always have to be predictable,” Testone said. “I want them to feel pleasantly surprised that jazz and blues can have different faces and go different places.”

IF YOU WANT TO GO: Two shows at 5 p.m. and 8 p.m. Doors open at 4 p.m. and 7 p.m., May 17, Charleston Music Hall, 37 John St. Tickets are $10-$67: charlestonmusichall.com.

It is a snake- and alligator-infested, mosquito-stinging slog through the swamp. With her academic focus on rice culture and cultivation, Fields-Black has logged ample time there. In the book, she observes it was a proposition likely challenging for Tubman, who was accustomed to Maryland’s Eastern Shore.

It was something she felt essential to the story.

“For me, it’s experiencing the land, and walking on the ground and getting to know the river and the critters and the rice fields,” she said.

Enter Fair. Both the historian and photographer have ties to the upper Combahee, and current landowners up and down the river. The former’s greatgreat-great-grandfather Hector Fields fought in the raid; Fair is a descendant of Heyward family.

If the author’s vocation grounds her in the granular, Fair’s is expansive. His aerial shots are often obtained from a Cessna run by the Asheville-based nonprofit aviator outfit SouthWings. The images show the curls of the Combahee River, where the 2nd South Carolina Volunteers landed, and the causeway where they marched to Cypress Plantation.

Such synergy with artists has helped Fields-Black discover how she wanted to write history, and with Fair offered artistic interpretations of Tubman’s life and the Combahee River Raid.

“We saw the complementarity of the work and that’s something that drew us together,” she said. “I think it really energized both the book and the exhibit. … It was just irresistible.”

Fair was compelled to work on a project concerned with the topics the book addresses. “This systemic racism is hindering us as a nation,” he said.

Going from page to gallery wall started with Angela Mack, the Gibbes Museum of Art’s president and CEO. Up through Oct. 5, it’s the final exhibition in a 43-year tenure for Mack, who is retiring that month.

“She said ‘ I don’t want to do a book on the wall.’ ” Fair recalled. “And she was, of course, right.”

Mack said she was enthusiastic on first learning of the book.

“At the Gibbes, we are always interested in new research and compelling stories that broaden our understanding of a time and place in American art history. The publication of Dr. Fields-Black’s book has offered this opportunity,” she said.

For Fields-Black, there is no time like the present for museums like the Gibbes to stay close to their values, support artists and historians–and to have their backs when they tell these stories that need to be told.

“It’s always important, but I do think it’s important now — more than ever.”

Former American Idol finalist Elise Testone will join the Charleston Jazz Orchestra on stage May 17

Free Will Astrology

ARIES (March 21-April 19): What may appear to be slow or static is actually moving. The developing changes are imperceptible from day to day, but incrementally substantial. So please maintain your faith in the diligent, determined approach. Give yourself pep talks that renew your deeply felt motivation. Ignore the judgments and criticism of people who have no inkling of how hard you have been working. In the long run, you will prove that gradual progress can be the most enduring.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): The most successful people aren’t those who merely follow their passion, but those who follow their curiosity. Honoring the guidance of our passions motivates us, but it can also narrow our focus. Heeding the call of our curiosity emboldens our adaptability, exploration, and maximum openness to new possibilities. In that spirit, Taurus, I invite you to celebrate your yearning to know and discover. Instead of aching for total clarity about your life’s mission, investigate the subtle threads of what piques your curiosity. Experiment with being an intrigued adventurer.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Gemini author Huston Smith was a religious scholar who wrote 13 books. But he was dedicated to experiencing religions from the inside rather than simply studying them academically. Smith danced with Whirling Dervishes, practiced Zen meditation with a master, and ingested peyote with Native Americans, embodying his view that real understanding requires participation, not just observation. In the spirit of his disciplined devotion, I invite you to seek out opportunities to learn through experience as much as theory. Leave your safety zone, if necessary, to engage with unfamiliar experiences that expand your soul. Be inspired by how Smith immersed himself in wisdom that couldn’t come from books alone.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): More than 2,000 years ago, people living in what’s now the Peruvian desert began etching huge designs of animals and plants in the earth. The makers moved a lot of dirt! Here’s the mystery: Some of the gigantic images of birds, spiders, and other creatures are still visible today, but can only be deciphered from high above. And there were, of course, no airplanes in ancient times to aid in depicting the figures. Let’s use this as a metaphor for one of your upcoming tasks, Cancerian. I invite you to initiate or intensify work on a labor of love that will motivate you to survey your life from the vantage point of a bird or plane or mountaintop.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You now have extra power to detect previously veiled patterns and hidden agendas. That’s why I urge you to be alert for zesty revelations that may seem to arrive out of nowhere. They could even arise from situations you have assumed were thoroughly explored and understood. These are blessings, in my opinion. You should expect and welcome the full emergence of truths that have been ripening below the surface of your awareness. Even if they are initially surprising or daunting, you will ultimately be glad they have finally appeared.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Renowned Virgo author Nassim Nicholas Taleb has called for the discontinuation of the Nobel Prize in Economics. He says it rewards economists who express bad ideas that cause great damage. He also delivers ringing critiques of other economists widely regarded as top luminaries. Taleb has a lot of credibility. His book The Black Swan was named one of the most influential books since World War II. I propose we make him your inspirational role model for now, Virgo. May he incite you to question authority to the max. May he rouse you to bypass so-called experts, alleged mavens, and supposed wizards. Be your own masterful authority.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): I predict that your usual mental agility will be even more robust than usual in the coming weeks. Although this could possibly lead you to overthink everything, I don’t believe that’s what will happen. Instead, I suspect your extra cognitive flexibility will be highly practical and useful. It will enable you to approach problems

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from multiple angles simultaneously—and come up with hybrid solutions that are quite ingenious. A possibility that initially seems improbable may become feasible when you reconfigure its elements. PS: Your natural curiosity will serve you best when directed toward making connections between seemingly unrelated people and fields.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): You’re ready to go to the next evolutionary stage of a close alliance. Although you may not feel entirely prepared for the challenge, I believe you will be guided by your deeper wisdom to do what’s necessary. One way I can help is to provide exhilarating words that boost your daring spirit. With that in mind, I offer you a passage from poet William Blake. Say them to your special friend if that feels right, or find other words appropriate to your style. Blake wrote, “You are the fierce angel that carves my soul into brightness, the eternal fire that burns away my dross. You are the golden thread spun by the hand of heaven, weaving me into the fabric of infinite delight. Your love is a furnace of stars, a vision that consumes my mortal sight, leaving me radiant and undone. In your embrace, I find the gates of paradise thrown wide.”

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): In ancient Egypt, mirrors were composed of polished copper. To remain properly reflective, they required continual maintenance. Let’s take that as a metaphor for one of your key tasks in the coming weeks. It’s high time to do creative upkeep on your relationships with influences that provide you with feedback on how you’re doing. Are your intended effects pretty close to your actual effects? Does your self-image match the way you are perceived by others? Are you getting the right kind of input to help you stay on course?

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Chances to initiate creative transformations will come from unexpected sources in the coming days. I guarantee it. But will you be sufficiently receptive to take maximum advantage? The purpose of this horoscope is to nudge you to shed your expectations so you will be tenderly, curiously open to surprising help and inspiration. What sweet interruptions and graceful detours will flow your way if you are willing to depart from your usual script? I predict that your leadership qualities will generate the greatest good for all concerned if you are willing to relinquish full control and be flexibly eager to entertain intuitive breakthroughs.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): For many Indigenous people of California, acorns were part of every meal. Nuts from oak trees were used to create bread, soups, dumplings, pancakes, gravy, and porridge. But making them edible required strenuous work. In their natural state, they taste bitter and require multiple soakings to leach out the astringent ingredient. Is there a metaphorical equivalent for you, Aquarius? An element that can be important, but needs a lot of work, refinement, and preparation? If so, now is a good time to develop new approaches to making it fully available.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): When Piscesborn Jane Hirshfield was a young poet, she mostly stopped writing poetry for eight years. During that time, she was a full-time student of Zen Buddhism and lived for three years at a monastery. When she resumed her craft, it was infused with what she had learned. Her meditative practice had honed her observational skills, her appreciation of the rich details of daily life, and her understanding that silence could be a form of communication. In the spirit of the wealth she gathered from stillness, calm, and discipline, I invite you to enjoy your own spiritual sabbatical, dear Pisces. The coming weeks will be an excellent time to relax into the most intriguing mysteries.

Jonesin’

10. Manual reader

11. “Cancel that deletion”

13. “Holy cow!”

Across

1. Foldable food

5. Drops on the lawn

8. In this manner

12. Smartphone sound

14. On the Caribbean, for example

16. Banish

17. Longtime syndicated radio host and voice of Shaggy on “Scooby-Doo”

19. Elation

20. Meal prep box

21. Dairy product with a straining process

23. Request for help

24. “Blueberries for ___”

25. Body of beliefs

28. Texting protocol initials

31. Phobias

35. Just terrific

38. Flying mammal

39. Jonas who developed a polio vaccine

40. Creepy

41. Output of Kilauea

42. Sugar suffix

43. One who often knows what foods they like

45. Filmmaker Russ

48. “I know kung fu” role

49. Bohr who won a Nobel

50. Movie studio expanse

52. Throw in

53. Couple’s parting gesture

59. ___-Locka, Fla.

62. Pointless

63. Some pivotal song moments, or what the other five theme answers literally contain

65. Complete fiction

66. Singer Fitzgerald

67. Jalisco sandwich

68. Push to the limit

69. Rep.’s colleague 70. Low, as a voice

Down

1. Poster fastener 2. Jai ___ (fast-paced game)

3. Play personnel

15. Organic brand for soups and frozen entrees

18. “I Got Next” rapper ___-One

22. Awkward one

23. Item that sticks to other laundry items

25. Salt that’s high in magnesium

26. Make fun of

27. “Roots” author Alex

28. Coil of yarn

29. Dance company founder Cunningham

30. Japanese watch company

32. Back off

33. “Bolero” composer

34. Constellation components

36. “That’s right, pardner”

37. Former Ohio congressman Bob

41. Installed, as floor tile

44. Concludes by, in a day planner

46. Firstborn

47. Steal from

51. Little kid

52. Incinerator stuff

53. Coated with gold

54. “Garfield” canine

55. Futbol cheers

56. Wiggly swimmers

57. Actor MacLachlan

58. “___ see clearly now ...”

59. Folkloric fiend

60. Staten Island Ferry co-purchaser Davidson

61. “Hurry it up” letters

64. Doze (off)

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Upon reading and filing the within Petition for the Appointment of a Guardian ad Litem, and after mature consideration of same, and it being made to appear to my satisfaction that it is necessary that a Guardian ad Litem be appointed to appear in this action and represent the interest of such of the Defendants as may be infants, incompetents or otherwise under any disability, it is

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STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS CASE NUMBER: 2025-CP-1001462

Calvary Church of God In Christ, Inc., Plaintiff vs. Carolina Concert Audio & Lighting, LLC, and Vincent Mack, Defendants.

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YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Summons and Complaint in the above entitled action were filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on March 17, 2025.

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STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS

CASE NO.: 2023-CP-10-2473

Tycoon Property 2, LLC, Plaintiff, vs. The Estate of Maybelle Green, The Estate of William Carreras, John Doe and Mary Roe, fictitious Names used to designate persons in the military service within the meaning of Title 50 U.S. Code, commonly referred to as the Service Members Civil Relief Act of 2003, as amended, if any of the unknown heirs at law, devisees, widows, widowers, executors, administrators, personal representatives, successors, and assigns, firms or corporations of THE ESTATE OF MAYBELLE GREEN, THE ESTATE OF WILLIAM CARRERAS, and all other persons claiming any right, title, estate, interest in or lien up on the real estate described in the complaint or any part thereof. Defendants.

Lis Pendens

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an action has been commenced pursuant to the provisions of 1976 South Carolina Code of Laws §12-61-10, et. seq., and is pending in the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, upon a complaint of the Plaintiff abovenamed, against the Defendants above-named, for the purpose of obtaining a Decree establishing that the Plaintiff is the sole owner in fee simple of the title to the property described in the Plaintiff’s Complaint, and that the Defendants do not have any right, title, interest, claim, estate in or lien upon the said property; that the premises affected by the said Complaint in the action hereby commenced were at the time of filing of this Lis Pendens described as follows, to-wit:

All that lot, piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and being in the County of Charleston, State of South Carolina and known as Lot No. 8 in the subdivision of Sunrise Heights, on a Plat of the same by Hilliard B. Good entitled “Plat of subdivision of Sunrise Heights, situate on the South Side of Burton’s Lane, in Charleston Heights, Charleston County, SC, formerly on parts of Lots 8 and 10 of the ‘Stromboli Tract”, dated November 16, 1954, and recorded in the RMC Office for Charleston County, SC in Plat Book J, Page 148.

TMS No.: 466-03-00-065 Address: 2007 Burton Lane, North Charleston, SC 29405

Summons and Notice

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in the above entitled action, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your answer upon the undersigned at his office, 2050 Spaulding Drive, Suite 2, North Charleston, South Carolina 29406, within thirty (30) days after service hereof upon you, exclusive of the day of such service, and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

Notice of Filing

YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the foregoing Summons and Complaint, were filed with the Clerk of Court for Charleston County, South Carolina on September 5, 2023.

Order Appointing Guardian ad Litem

UPON READING AND FILING the Petition of the Plaintiff for the appointment of Richard A. Steadman, Jr., Esquire, as Guardian ad Litem for any unknown defendants who may be minors, infants, persons under disability or incompetent, including those persons who might be in the military service within the meaning of Title 50, United States Code, commonly referred to as the Soldiers and Sailors Relief Act of 1940, being as a Class designated as “John Doe,” and “Richard Roe,” and it appearing that the names and addresses of such persons, if any, whether residents or non-residents of the State of South Carolina, are unknown to Plaintiff and cannot, with reasonable diligence be ascertained, and that the said Richard A. Steadman, Jr., Esquire, whose office is located at 6296 Rivers Avenue, Suite 102, North Charleston, South Carolina, is a suitable and competent person to understand and protect the rights and interests of said Defendants and has no interest therein adverse to the interest of said Defendants, if any, and is not connected in business with the Plaintiff, in this action or with its counsel.

IT IS, THEREFORE, ORDERED that said Richard A. Steadman, Jr., Esquire, be and he is hereby designated and appointed Guardian ad Litem Nisi for said unknown Defendants who may be minors, infants, persons under disability of incompetent, including those persons who might be in the military service within the meaning of Title 50, United States Code, commonly referred to as the Soldiers and Sailors Relief Act of 1940, being as a class designated as “John Doe,” and “Richard Roe,” and he is hereby authorized to appear and defend the said action on behalf of said Defendants, unless Defendants, if any, or any of them shall within thirty (30) days after the service of a copy of this Order upon them, exclusive of the day of service, as herein provided, procure to be appointed, procure to be appointed a Guardian ad Litem for said Defendants, if any, for the purposes of this action.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that this Order shall be served upon said unknown Defendants who may be minors, infants, persons under disability or incompetent, including those persons who might be in the Military Service within the meaning of Title 50, United States Code, commonly referred to as the Soldiers and Sailors Relief Act of 1940, being as a Class designated “John Doe,” and “Richard Roe,” by publication of a notice of this Order as required by law in a newspaper published in Berkeley County, South Carolina, once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks.

s/ R. David Chard S.C. Bar No.: 1190 Attorney for the Plaintiff 2050 Spaulding Drive, Suite 2 N. Charleston, SC 29406 (843) 554-6984

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE FAMILY COURT FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT

DOCKET NO. 2025-DR-10-0025

SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL

SERVICES

VERSUS Antonia Alston and Murad Alquzaa

DEFENDANTS. IN THE INTERESTS OF: MINOR CHILD BORN 2016

TO DEFENDANT: Murad Alquzaa

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action filed with theClerk of Court for Charleston County on January 6, 2025 at 10:41 am. Upon proof of interest, a copy of the Complaint will be delivered to you upon request from the Charleston County Clerk of Court, and you must serve a copy of your Answer to the Complaint on the Plaintiff, the South Carolina Department of SocialServices, at the office of its Legal Department of the Charleston County Department of Social Services,3685 Rivers Avenue, Suite 101, North Charleston, S.C. 29405-5714 within thirty (30) days of this publication, exclusive of the date of service. If you fail to answer within the time set forth above, the Plaintiff will proceed to seek relief from the Court.

Charleston County Department of Social Services, Legal Office: Attorney W. Tracy Brown, 3685 Rivers Avenue, Suite 101, North Charleston, S.C. 29405, (843) 953-9625.

Department of SocialServices, 3685 Rivers Avenue, Suite 101, North Charleston, S.C. 29405-5714 within thirty (30) days of this publication, exclusive of the date of service. If you fail to answer within the time set forth above, thePlaintiff will proceed to seek relief from the Court.

Charleston County Department of Social Services, Legal Office: Attorney W. Tracy Brown, 3685 Rivers Avenue, Suite 101, North Charleston, S.C. 29405, (843) 953-9625.

ESTATES’ CREDITOR’S NOTICES

All persons having claims against the following estates are required to deliver or mail their claims to the Personal Representative indicated below and also file subject claims on Form #371ES with Irvin G. Condon, Probate Judge of Charleston County, 84 Broad Street, Charleston, S.C. 29401, before the expiration of 8 months after the date of the first publication of this Notice to Creditors or one year from the date of death, whichever date is earlier, or else thereafter such claims shall be and are forever barred.

Estate of:

WYNEMA L. ATKINS

2024-ES-10-2083

DOD: 4/28/24

Pers. Rep: VAN DUANE ATKINS 2040 CHURCH CREEK DR., CHARLESTON, SC 29414

Atty:

DONALD J. BUDMAN, ESQ. PO BOX 30280, CHARLESTON, SC 29417

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Estate of:

JOSHUA ANDREW RICHMOND

2025-ES-10-0305

DOD: 11/7/24

Pers. Rep:

SHANNON RICHMOND 1598 WIRE RD., DORCHESTER, SC 29437

Atty: JAMES E. REEVES, ESQ. 400 N. CEDAR ST., SUMMERVILLE, SC 29483

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Estate of:

ADRIENNE KIM CHILDS AKA

ADRIENNE KIM CHILDS SEAY

2025-ES-10-0585

DOD: 12/27/24

Pers. Rep: DAVID CHILDS 3859 CHISOLM RD., JOHNS ISLAND, SC 29455

Atty: ANDREW E. RHEA, ESQ. 115 CHURCH ST., CHARLESTON, SC 29401 ***********

Estate of:

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE FAMILY COURT FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DOCKET NO. 2024-DR-10-3258

SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES VERSUS Brittney N Collins, Rordaro M Simmons, and Lisa Collins DEFENDANTS. IN THE INTERESTS OF: MINOR CHILDREN BORN 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013

TO DEFENDANT: Rordaro M Simmons

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action filed with theClerk of Court for Charleston County on November 15, 2024 at 4:20 pm. Upon proof of interest, a copy of the Complaint will be delivered to you upon request from the Charleston County Clerk of Court, and you must serve a copy of your Answer to the Complaint on the Plaintiff, the South Carolina Department ofSocial Services, at the office of its Legal Department of the Charleston County RDC

Atty: ANDREW E. RHEA, ESQ. 115 CHURCH ST., CHARLESTON, SC 29401

GERALDINE M. PICKERING

2025-ES-10-0619

DOD: 3/1/25

Pers. Rep: BENJAMIN CHARLES PICKERING, II 937 GIACOMO DR., WAXHAW, NC 28173

Estate of: MARY LEE BROOKS

2025-ES-10-0627

DOD: 3/16/25

Pers. Rep: JOHN E. ROMANOSKY, JR. ONE COOL BLOW ST., #201, CHARLESTON, SC 29401

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Estate of:

ELOUISE JENKINS EADY

2025-ES-10-0630

DOD: 12/4/24

All persons having claims against the following estates are required to deliver or mail their claims to the Personal Representative indicated below and also file subject claims on Form #371ES with Irvin G. Condon, Probate Judge of Charleston County, 84 Broad Street, Charleston, S.C. 29401, before the expiration of 8 months after the date of the first publication of this Notice to Creditors or one year from the date of death, whichever date is earlier, or else thereafter such claims shall be and are forever barred.

Estate of: CHERYL ANN FLEMING 2025-ES-10-0455

DOD: 12/26/24

Pers. Rep: SANDRA D. FLEMING 13750 173RD ST., JAMAICA, NY 11434 ***********

Estate of: LINDA JEAN CONNOLLY 2025-ES-10-0652

DOD: 2/25/25

Pers. Rep: JOHN V. CONNOLLY 1020 SCAUP CT., KIAWAH ISLAND, SC 29455

CREDITOR’S NOTICES

All persons having claims against the following estates are required to deliver or mail their claims to the Personal Representative indicated below and also file subject claims on Form #371ES with Irvin G. Condon, Probate Judge of Charleston County, 84 Broad Street, Charleston, S.C. 29401, before the expiration of 8 months after the date of the first publication of this Notice to Creditors or one year from the date of death, whichever date is earlier, or else thereafter such claims shall be and are forever barred.

Estate of: CINDY GAILLARD

2025-ES-10-0713

DOD: 11/23/24

Pers. Rep: ALEXANDER JAMEL DAWER GAILLARD 920 WOODSIDE CREEK LN., SUMMERVILLE, SC 29486 ***********

Estate of: ALVIN MARION CROMWELL 2025-ES-10-0718

DOD: 3/19/25

Pers. Rep: MARONETTE PATRYCE CROMWELL-BROWN 565 WYNFIELD FOREST DR., SUMMERVILLE, SC 29485 ***********

Estate of: GEORGE ELVIN WARD, III 2025-ES-10-0742

DOD: 3/3/25

Pers. Rep: KATHLEEN MARIE WARD 14 SAGE DR., LUMBERTON, NJ 08048

Atty: COURTNEY B. LOCKERMAN, ESQ. 975 MARKET ST., #103, FORT MILL, SC 29708

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Estate of: BARBARA BROWN 2025-ES-10-0752

DOD: 3/27/25

Pers. Rep: KIRK BROWN 2908 LEXINGTON AVE., CHARLESTON, SC 29407 ***********

Estate of: THOMASINA F. ARMSTRONG 2025-ES-10-0753

DOD: 1/21/25

21st Mortgage Corporation

Plaintiff, -vsShamon Ligaya Grant a/k/a Shamon Grant; Kathy Ann Robinson; the South Carolina Department of Revenue; and the South Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles Defendant(s).

NOTICE OF SALE

BY VIRTUE of a judgment heretofore granted in the case of 21st Mortgage Corporation vs. Shamon Ligaya Grant a/k/a Shamon Grant; Kathy Ann Robinson; the South Carolina Department of Revenue; and the South Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles I, Mikell Scarborough, Master in Equity, for Charleston County, will sell on June 3, 2025 at 11:00 am, at the Front Entrance of County Council Chambers, 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, SC, to the highest bidder:

Pers. Rep: ANDREW W. CHANDLER, ESQ. 115 CHURCH ST., CHARLESTON, SC 29401

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Estate of: HARRIETTE V. REEVES

2025-ES-10-0668

DOD: 2/9/25

Pers. Rep: MELVIN M. REEVES, JR. 12 LUDWELL LN., STAFFORD, VA 22554

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Estate of: ASHLEY OLIVA CRANK

2025-ES-10-0679

DOD: 2/1/25

Pers. Rep: JEFFREY J. PAULING, SR. 14049 CLAYBORN ST., MIDLAND, NC 28107

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Estate of: WILLIE JAMES 2025-ES-10-0684

DOD: 3/15/25

Pers. Rep: TIA J. JAMES 5814 FOLEY ST., ALEXANDRIA, VA 22303

Atty: VERONICA G. SMALL, ESQ. PO BOX 1065, MT. PLEASANT, SC 29465

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Estate of: JOHN BUTLER MEDLIN 2025-ES-10-0686

DOD: 3/2/25

Pers. Rep: SADIE DEE ROYAL MEDLIN 1732 CARLIN AVE., CHARLESTON, SC 29412

Atty: THOMAS H. BRUSH, ESQ. 12-A CARRIAGE LN., CHARLESTON, SC 29407

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Estate of: XIANGQING ZHENG 2025-ES-10-0697

DOD: 4/2/25

Pers. Rep: YANQIN LI 1910 ESSEX FARMS DR., CHARLESTON, SC 29414

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Estate of: WILSON GERVAIS SEABROOK 2025-ES-10-0704

DOD: 3/18/25

Pers. Rep: WANDA SAYE BRUNSON 5570 BRUNSON RD., ADAMS RUN, SC 29426

ALL that lot, piece, parcel or tract of land, situated, lying and being in the State of South Carolina, County of Charleston, being known and designated as Lot 1 to contain 0.923 acre, more or less as shown on a plat entitled “Court Ordered Plat Case #2009-CP-10-6266 Subdivision Survey for Bank of New York TMS 257-00-00-159 & 257-00-00-118 located on Edenvale Road, S-10-633 Johns Island Charleston County, South Carolina,” prepared by D. Scott Wilson Land Surveying, LLC, dated December 30, 2012, and last revised October 7, 2013 and recorded on October 11, 2013 in Plat Book S 13 at Page 0219, in the Charleston County Register of Deeds Office. Reference is hereby made to said plat of record for a more complete and accurate metes and bounds description thereof.

This being the same property conveyed by Kathy Ann Robinson to Kathy Ann Robinson and Shamon Ligaya Grant by that Quit Claim Deed dated June 28, 2022 and recorded July 20, 2022 in Book 1125 at Page 464 in the Charleston County Register of Deeds Office.

TMS #: 257-00-00-118

3134 Edenvale Road, Johns Island, SC 29455

Mobile Home: 2022 LIVO VIN: LOHGA20037955AB SUBJECT TO CHARLESTON COUNTY TAXES

YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that should you fail to answer the foregoing summons, the Plaintiff will move for a general Order of Reference of this cause to the Master in Equity or Special Referee for this County, which order shall, pursuant to Rule 53(e) of the South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure, specifically provide that the said Master in Equity or Special Referee is authorized and empowered to enter a final judgment in this case.

Pers. Rep: ROBERT BRENT EADY, SR. 2109 TRESCOTT ST., CHARLESTON, SC 29405

Estate of:

DARIUS IAN SEAY

2025-ES-10-0648

DOD: 12/27/24

Pers. Rep: DAVID CHILDS 3859 CHISOLM RD., JOHNS ISLAND, SC 29455

Pers. Rep: LINDA G. DEAS 4135 DESERT VIEW DR., SAN ANTONIO, TX 78213

Pers. Rep: ERIC F. ARMSTRONG 12136 BLOSSOM POINTE RD., CHESTER, VA 23831

Atty: KELVIN M. HUGER, ESQ. 27 GAMECOCK AVE., #200, CHARLESTON, SC 29407 ***********

Atty: KERRY W. KOON, ESQ. 147 WAPPOO CREEK DR., #203, CHARLESTON, SC 29412

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Estate of: ANN CHINNIS DOUGLAS 2025-ES-10-0719

DOD: 3/19/25

Pers. Rep: LAURA ALLISON 1533 BUR CLARE DR., CHARLESTON, SC 29412

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TERMS OF SALE: The successful bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will deposit with the Master in Equity at conclusion of the bidding, five (5%) of his bid, in cash or equivalent, as evidence of good faith, the same to be applied to purchase price in case of compliance, but to be forfeited and applied first to costs and then to Plaintiff’s debt in the case of noncompliance. Should the last and highest bidder fail or refuse to make the required deposit at the time of the bid or comply with the other terms or the bid within thirty (30) days, then the Master in Equity may resell the property on the same terms and conditions on some subsequent Sales Day (at the risk of the former highest bidder).

Should the Plaintiff, or one of its representatives, fail to be present at the time of sale, the property is automatically withdrawn from said sale and sold at the next available sales day upon the terms and conditions as set forth in the Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale or any Supplemental Order. That a personal or deficiency

SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF FILING OF COMPLAINT

(NON-JURY MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE)

C/A NO: C/A NO: 2025-CP10-01647

DEFICIENCY WAIVED

NewRez LLC d/b/a Shellpoint Mortgage Servicing, PLAINTIFF,

vs. Roman E Brunson a/k/a Roman Eugene Brunson and Robert I Brunson a/k/a Robert Irvin Brunson and if Roman E Brunson

a/k/a Roman Eugene Brunson and Robert I Brunson a/k/a Robert Irvin Brunson be deceased then any child and heir at law to the Estates of Roman E Brunson a/k/a Roman Eugene Brunson and Robert I Brunson a/k/a Robert Irvin Brunson distributees and devisees at law to the Estates of Roman E Brunson a/k/a Roman Eugene Brunson and Robert I Brunson a/k/a Robert Irvin Brunson and if any of the same be dead any and all persons entitled to claim under or through them also all other persons unknown claiming any right, title, interest or lien upon the real estate described in the complaint herein; Any unknown adults, any unknown infants or persons under a disability being a class designated as John Doe, and any persons in the military service of the United States of America being a class designated as Richard Roe; Richard Allen Brunson; Ramona L Greenwood, Individually and as Personal Representative for the Estate of Roman E Brunson a/k/a Roman Eugene Brunson; Katherine Anna Payne Brunson, Individually and as Personal Representative for the Estate of Robert I Brunson a/k/a Robert Irvin Brunson; Erika September Brunson; Savannah Grace Brunson; Nathaniel Ralph Brunson; Paul Dewitt Taylor, DEFENDANT(S)

TO THE DEFENDANTS, ABOVE

NAMED:

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint herein, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, or otherwise appear and defend, and to serve a copy of your Answer to said Complaint upon the subscriber at his office, Hutchens Law Firm LLP, P.O. Box 8237, Columbia, SC 29202, within thirty (30) days after service hereof, except as to the United States of America, which shall have sixty (60) days, exclusive of the day of such service, and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, or otherwise appear and defend, the Plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded therein, and judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that should you fail to Answer the foregoing Summons, the Plaintiff will move for an Order of Reference of this case to the Master-in-Equity/Special Referee for this County, which Order shall, pursuant to Rule 53 of the South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure, specifically provide that the said Master-in-Equity/Special Referee is authorized and empowered to enter a final judgment in this case with appeal only to the South Carolina Court of Appeals pursuant to Rule 203(d)(1) of the SCAR, effective June 1, 1999.

TO MINOR(S) OVER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE, AND/OR TO MINOR(S) UNDER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE AND THE PERSON WITH WHOM THE MINOR(S) RESIDES, AND/OR TO PERSONS UNDER SOME LEGAL DISABILITY: YOU ARE FURTHER SUMMONED AND NOTIFIED to apply for the appointment of

a guardian ad litem within thirty (30) days after the service of this Summons and Notice upon you. If you fail to do so, application for such appointment will be made by the Plaintiff immediately and separately and such application will be deemed absolute and total in the absence of your application for such an appointment within thirty (30) days after the service of the Summons and Complaint upon you.

NOTICE OF FILING OF SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT

TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE NAMED: YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the foregoing Summons, along with the Complaint, was filed with the Clerk of Court on March 25, 2025.

NOTICE TO APPOINT ATTORNEY FOR DEFENDANT(S) IN MILITARY SERVICE

TO UNKNOWN OR KNOWN DEFENDANTS THAT MAY BE IN THE MILITARY SERVICE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ALL BEING A CLASS DESIGNATED AS RICHARD ROE: YOU ARE FURTHER SUMMONED AND NOTIFIED that Plaintiff’s attorney has applied for the appointment of an attorney to represent you. If you fail to apply for the appointment of an attorney to represent you within thirty (30) days after the service of this Summons and Notice upon you Plaintiff’s appointment will be made absolute with no further action from Plaintiff.

THIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR. THE PURPOSE OF THIS COMMUNICATION IS TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE, except as stated below in the instance of bankruptcy protection.

IF YOU ARE UNDER THE PROTECTION OF THE BANKRUPTCY COURT OR HAVE BEEN DISCHARGED AS A RESULT OF A BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDING, THIS NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU PURSUANT TO STATUTORY REQUIREMENT AND FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES AND IS NOT INTENDED AS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT OR AS AN ACT TO COLLECT, ASSESS, OR RECOVER ALL OR ANY PORTION OF THE DEBT FROM YOU PERSONALLY.

s/ Sarah O. Leonard

April 24, 2025

John S. Kay (S.C. Bar No. 7914)

Ashley Z. Stanley (S.C. Bar No. 74854)

Alan M. Stewart (S.C. Bar No. 15576)

Sarah O. Leonard (S.C. Bar No. 80165)

Gregory Wooten (S.C. Bar No. 73586)

Gregory T. Whitley (S.C. Bar No. 100792)

Attorneys for Plaintiff Hutchens Law Firm LLP P.O. Box 8237 Columbia, SC 29202 (803) 726-2700 john.kay@hutchenslawfirm.com ashley.stanley@hutchenslawfirm. com alan.stewart@hutchenslawfirm. com sarah.leonard@hutchenslawfirm. com k.gregory.wooten@ hutchenslawfirm.com gregory.whitley@hutchenslawfirm. com Firm Case No: 25009 - 125568

SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF FILING OF COMPLAINT

(NON-JURY MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE)

C/A NO: 2025-CP-10-01561

DEFICIENCY WAIVED Freedom Mortgage Corporation, PLAINTIFF, vs. Mary E Mellard a/k/a Mary Fields Mellard, a/k/a Mary Elizabeth Mellard and if Mary E Mellard a/k/a Mary Fields Mellard, a/k/a Mary Elizabeth Mellard be deceased then any child and heir at law to the Estate of Mary E Mellard a/k/a Mary Fields Mellard, a/k/a Mary Elizabeth Mellard distributees and devisees at law to the Estate of Mary E Mellard a/k/a Mary Fields Mellard, a/k/a Mary Elizabeth Mellard and if any of the same be dead any and all persons entitled to claim under or through them also all other persons unknown claiming any right, title, interest or lien upon the real estate described in the complaint herein; Any unknown adults, any unknown infants or persons under a disability being a class designated as John Doe, and any persons in the military service of the United States of America being a class designated as Richard Roe; Ginger Ann Mellard a/k/a Ginger A Mellard, Individually and as Personal Representative for the Estate of Mary E Mellard a/k/a Mary Fields Mellard, a/k/a Mary Elizabeth Mellard; William Lee Mellard, III; Broad River Physicians Goup, LLC; William Rivers, MD; LVNV Funding LLC as assignee of CVI Loan GT Trust I, DEFENDANT(S)

TO THE DEFENDANTS, ABOVE NAMED: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint herein, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, or otherwise appear and defend, and to serve a copy of your Answer to said Complaint upon the subscriber at his office, Hutchens Law Firm LLP, P.O. Box 8237, Columbia, SC 29202, within thirty (30) days after service hereof, except as to the United States of America, which shall have sixty (60) days, exclusive of the day of such service, and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, or otherwise appear and defend, the Plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded therein, and judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that should you fail to Answer the foregoing Summons, the Plaintiff will move for an Order of Reference of this case to the Master-in-Equity/ Special Referee for this County, which Order shall, pursuant to Rule 53 of the South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure, specifically provide that the said Master-in-Equity/ Special Referee is authorized and empowered to enter a final judgment in this case with appeal only to the South Carolina Court of Appeals pursuant to Rule 203(d)(1) of the SCACR, effective June 1, 1999.

TO MINOR(S) OVER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE, AND/OR TO MINOR(S) UNDER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE AND THE PERSON WITH WHOM THE MINOR(S) RESIDES, AND/OR TO PERSONS UNDER SOME LEGAL DISABILITY:

YOU ARE FURTHER SUMMONED AND NOTIFIED to apply for the appointment of a guardian ad litem within thirty (30) days after the service of this Summons and Notice upon you. If you fail to do so, application for such appointment will be made by the Plaintiff immediately and separately and such application will be deemed absolute and total in the absence of your application for such an appointment within thirty (30) days after the service of the Summons and Complaint upon you.

NOTICE OF FILING OF SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE NAMED:

YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the foregoing Summons, along with the Complaint, were filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court on March 21, 2025.

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF ATTORNEY FOR DEFENDANT(S) IN MILITARY SERVICE TO UNKNOWN OR KNOWN DEFENDANTS THAT MAY BE IN THE MILITARY SERVICE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ALL BEING A CLASS DESIGNATED AS RICHARD ROE: YOU ARE FURTHER SUMMONED AND NOTIFIED that Plaintiff’s attorney has applied for the appointment of an attorney to represent you. If you fail to apply for the appointment of an attorney to represent you within thirty (30) days after the service of this Summons and Notice upon you Plaintiff’s appointment will be made absolute with no further action from Plaintiff.

THIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR. THE PURPOSE OF THIS COMMUNICATION IS TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE, except as stated below in the instance of bankruptcy protection.

IF YOU ARE UNDER THE PROTECTION OF THE BANKRUPTCY COURT OR HAVE BEEN DISCHARGED AS A RESULT OF A BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDING, THIS NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU PURSUANT TO STATUTORY REQUIREMENT AND FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES AND IS NOT INTENDED AS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT OR AS AN ACT TO COLLECT, ASSESS, OR RECOVER ALL OR ANY PORTION OF THE DEBT FROM YOU PERSONALLY.

s/ Sarah O. Leonard April 23, 2025

John S. Kay (S.C. Bar No. 7914)

Ashley Z. Stanley (S.C. Bar No. 74854)

Alan M. Stewart (S.C. Bar No. 15576)

Sarah O. Leonard (S.C. Bar No. 80165)

Gregory Wooten (S.C. Bar No. 73586)

Gregory T. Whitley (S.C. Bar No. 100792)

Attorneys for Plaintiff Hutchens Law Firm LLP P.O. Box 8237 Columbia, SC 29202 (803) 726-2700

john.kay@hutchenslawfirm.com

ashley.stanley@hutchenslawfirm. com alan.stewart@hutchenslawfirm. com

sarah.leonard@hutchenslawfirm. com

k.gregory.wooten@ hutchenslawfirm.com gregory.whitley@hutchenslawfirm. com Firm Case No: 25042 - 125708

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS

SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF FILING OF COMPLAINT (NON-JURY MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE)

C/A NO: 2025-CP-10-01097 DEFICIENCY REQUESTED

Rocket Mortgage, LLC f/k/a Quicken Loans, LLC f/k/a Quicken Loans Inc., PLAINTIFF, vs. Edward Clark Perez; Ashley Villas Homeowners Association; Charles Richard Bowers, Jr., as Trustee of Georgia Mae Bowers Marital Trust, DEFENDANT(S)

TO THE DEFENDANTS, ABOVE

NAMED: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint herein, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, or otherwise appear and defend, and to serve a copy of your Answer to said Complaint upon the subscriber at his office, Hutchens Law Firm LLP, P.O. Box 8237, Columbia, SC 29202, within thirty (30) days after service hereof, except as to the United States of America, which shall have sixty (60) days, exclusive of the day of such service, and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, or otherwise appear and defend, the Plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded therein, and judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint. YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that should you fail to Answer the foregoing Summons, the Plaintiff will move for an Order of Reference of this case to the Master-in-Equity/Special Referee for this County, which Order shall, pursuant to Rule 53 of the South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure, specifically provide that the said Master-in-Equity/Special Referee is authorized and empowered to enter a final judgment in this case with appeal only to the South Carolina Court of Appeals pursuant to Rule 203(d)(1) of the SCACR, effective June 1, 1999.

TO MINOR(S) OVER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE, AND/OR TO MINOR(S) UNDER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE AND THE PERSON WITH WHOM THE MINOR(S) RESIDES, AND/OR TO PERSONS UNDER SOME LEGAL DISABILITY: YOU ARE FURTHER SUMMONED AND NOTIFIED to apply for the appointment of a guardian ad litem within thirty (30) days after the service of this Summons and Notice upon you. If you fail to do so, application for such appointment will be made by the Plaintiff immediately and separately and such application will be deemed absolute and total in the absence of your application for such an appointment within thirty (30) days after the service of the Summons and Complaint upon you.

NOTICE OF FILING OF SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT

TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE NAMED: YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the foregoing Summons, along with the Complaint, was filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court on February 27, 2025.

THIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR. THE PURPOSE OF THIS COMMUNICATION IS TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE, except as stated below in the instance of bankruptcy protection.

IF YOU ARE UNDER THE PROTECTION OF THE BANKRUPTCY COURT OR HAVE BEEN DISCHARGED AS A RESULT OF A BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDING, THIS NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU PURSUANT TO STATUTORY REQUIREMENT AND FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES AND IS NOT INTENDED AS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT OR AS AN ACT TO COLLECT, ASSESS, OR RECOVER ALL OR ANY PORTION OF THE DEBT FROM YOU PERSONALLY.

s/ Sarah O. Leonard

April 22, 2025

John S. Kay (S.C. Bar No. 7914)

Ashley Z. Stanley (S.C. Bar No. 74854)

Alan M. Stewart (S.C. Bar No. 15576)

Sarah O. Leonard (S.C. Bar No.

80165) Gregory Wooten (S.C. Bar No. 73586) Gregory T. Whitley (S.C. Bar No. 100792)

Attorneys for Plaintiff Hutchens Law Firm LLP P.O. Box 8237

Columbia, SC 29202 (803) 726-2700

john.kay@hutchenslawfirm.com ashley.stanley@hutchenslawfirm. com alan.stewart@hutchenslawfirm. com sarah.leonard@hutchenslawfirm. com k.gregory.wooten@ hutchenslawfirm.com gregory.whitley@hutchenslawfirm. com Firm Case No: 20546 - 98700

Master’s Sale Case No. 2023-CP-10-02577

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF CHARLESTON: IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS

Lakeview Loan Servicing, LLC, vs. John H Fowlkes a/k/a John Henry Fowlkes and if John H Fowlkes a/k/a John Henry Fowlkes be deceased then any children and heirs at law to the Estate of John H Fowlkes a/k/a John Henry Fowlkes, distributees and devisees at law to the Estate of John H Fowlkes a/k/a John Henry Fowlkes, and if any of the same be dead any and all persons entitled to claim under or through them also all other persons unknown claiming any right, title, interest or lien upon the real estate described in the complaint herein; Any unknown adults, any unknown infants or persons under a disability being a class designated as John Doe, and any persons in the military service of the United States of America being a class designated as Richard Roe; Melissa Anne Davis; Robagu LLC; Grove Park at Grand Oaks Plantation Property Owners Association, Inc.; USAA Savings Bank, Upon authority of a Decree dated the 11th day of April 2025, I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, the premises fully described below, at the County Council Chambers, 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina, on the 3rd day of June 2025, at 11:00 a.m. or shortly thereafter.

ALL THAT CERTAIN Unit 1106 Grove Park Drive, established by Grove Park at Grand Oaks Plantation Horizontal Property Regime established by Master Deed

dated July 14, 2003 and recorded July 14, 2003 in the RMC Office for Charleston County in Book E457 at Page 533, and all exhibits, and further, by the First Amendment to the Master Deed of Grove Park at Grand Oaks Plantation; a Horizontal Property Regime dated October 30, 2003 and recorded in the RMC Office for Charleston County on October 31, 2003 and recorded in Book W473 at Page 330; and further, by the Second Amendment to the Master Deed of Grove Park at Grand Oaks Plantation - Horizontal Property Regime dated February 16, 2004 and recorded in the RMC Office for Charleston County on February 17, 2004 in Book F484 at Page 675; and further, by the Third Amendment to the Master Deed of Grove Park at Grand Oaks Plantation Horizontal Property Regime dated March 23, 2004 and recorded in the RMC Office for Charleston County on March 23, 2004 in book N488 at Page 832; and further by the Fourth Amendment to the Master Deed of Grove Park at Grand Oaks Plantation Horizontal Property Regime dated May 13, 2004 and recorded in RMC Office for Charleston County on May 13, 2004 in Book K494 at Page 251; and further, by the Fifth Amendment to the Master Deed of Grove Park at Grand Oaks Plantation Horizontal Property Regime dated August 30, 2004 and filed in the RMC Office for Charleston County in Book R507 at Page 317 and further, by the Sixth Amendment to the Master Deed of Grove Park at Grand Oaks Plantation Horizontal Property Regime dated October 26, 2004 and filed in the RMC Office for Charleston County in Book X513 at Page 719; and further, by the Seventh Amendment to the Master Deed of Grove Park at Grand Oaks Plantation Horizontal Property Regime dated December 17, 2004 and filed in the RMC Office for Charleston County in Book O519 at Page 882; and further by the Eighth Amendment to the Master Deed of Grove Park at Grand Oaks Plantation Horizontal Property Regime dated March 30, 2005 and filed in the RMC Office for Charleston County in Book C531 at Page 58; and further by the Ninth Amendment to the Master Deed of Grove Park at Grand Oaks Plantation Horizontal Property Regime dated May 18, 2005 and filed in the RMC Office for Charleston County in Book F537 at Page 397; and further by the Tenth Amendment to the Master Deed of Grove Park at Grand Oaks Plantation Horizontal Property Regime dated June 17, 2005 and filed in the RMC Office for Charleston County in Book G541 at Page 204, and further by the Eleventh Amendment to the Master Deed of Grove Park at Grand Oaks Plantation Horizontal Property Regime dated July 29, 2005 and filed in the RMC Office for Charleston County in Book U547 at Page 814, and further, by the Twelfth Amendment to the Master Deed of Grove Park at Grand Oaks Plantation Horizontal Property Regime dated September 9, 2005 and filed in the RMC Office for Charleston County in Book D553 at Page 224, and further, by the Thirteenth Amendment to the Master Deed of Grove Park at Grand Oaks Plantation Horizontal Property Regime dated October 19, 2005 and filed in the RMC Office for Charleston County in Book O558 at Page 810.

SUBJECT to all the provisions of aforesaid Master Deed and Exhibits and Amendments thereto, including but not limited to, easements and other reservations saved and excepted in Exhibit “A” to said Master Deed and any amendments to said Master Deed, if any.

SUBJECT to the Charter end By-Laws of Grande Oaks Boulevard Association, Inc. as established and imposed by Amended and restated Declaration of Covenants and Restrictions - Grande Oaks

Plantation dated March 30, 2000 and recorded in the RMC Office for Charleston County in Book M345, Page 573.

AND SUBJECT to all other Restrictions, Reservations, Easements and Rights-of-Way affecting said real property, including those as set out on recorded plats.

THIS BEING the same property conveyed unto John H. Fowlkes by virtue of a Deed from Robagu, LLC dated May 10, 2018 and recorded May 30, 2018 in Book 0722 at Page 118 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Charleston County, South Carolina.

1106 Grove Park Drive Charleston, SC 29414 TMS# 301-00-00-455

No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately.

The property shall be sold for cash to the highest bidder. The highest bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will be required to deposit with the Master, at the conclusion of the bidding, cash or certified check in the amount of five (5%) per cent of the bid: the said deposit to be applied to the purchase price.

Should the highest bidder fail to comply with the bid within thirty days from the date of sale, the Master will resell the property at the risk and expense of the defaulting bidder upon the same terms as above set out. The Sheriff of Charleston County may be authorized to put the purchaser into possession of the premises if requested by the purchaser.

PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY John S. Kay, Esquire Telephone: 803-726-2700 FOR INSERTION

Friday, May 16th, Friday May 23rd and Friday May 30th, 2025 Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF CHARLESTON: IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS

Guild Mortgage Company LLC, vs. John Jay Abney, Jr; Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for Encore Credit Corp,

Upon authority of a Decree dated the 18th day of March 2025, I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, the premises fully described below, at the County Council Chambers, 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina, on the 3rd day of June 2025, at 11:00 a.m. or shortly thereafter.

ALL that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, situate, lying and being in Charleston County, South Carolina and being shown and designated as Lot 4, Containing 0.14 acres, more or less, and being more fully delineated on a plat entitled;

“Subdivision Survey of Lot 12 into Lots 2 and 4 with Residual of 7.15

AC. Property Owned by James Lee located in the Deer Park S/D in the City of North Charleston, Charleston County, SC.” prepared by Paul C. Lawson, Jr., SC Reg. No 14191, dated July 1, 2003, and recorded in the RMC Office for Charleston County in Plat Book DD, at Page 730. Said Lot having such size, shape, dimensions. buttings and boundings as will more fully appear by reference to said plat. BEING the same property conveyed to John Jay Abney, Jr. from Desmond C. Shaw and Cherron M. Swinton by Deed dated December 23, 2022 and recorded January 10, 2023 in Book 1157 at Page 899, in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Charleston County, South Carolina.

2740 Fernwood Drive North Charleston, SC 29406

TMS# 486-06-00-105

No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately.

The property shall be sold for cash to the highest bidder. The highest bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will be required to deposit with the Master, at the conclusion of the bidding, cash or certified check in the amount of five (5%) per cent of the bid: the said deposit to be applied to the purchase price.

Should the highest bidder fail to comply with the bid within thirty days from the date of sale, the Master will resell the property at the risk and expense of the defaulting bidder upon the same terms as above set out. The Sheriff of Charleston County may be authorized to put the purchaser into possession of the premises if requested by the purchaser.

PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY

John S. Kay, Esquire Telephone: 803-726-2700

FOR INSERTION

Friday May 16th, Friday May 23rd, May 30th, 2025

Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF CHARLESTON: IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS

U.S. Bank Trust National Association, not in its individual capacity but solely as owner trustee for RCAF Acquisition Trust, vs. Patricia Ann Mack a/k/a Patricia A Mack; Republic Finance LLC; First Credit of Charleston, Inc. aka First Credit,

Upon authority of a Decree dated the 21st day of January 2025, I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, the premises fully described below, at the County Council Chambers, 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina, on the 3rd day of June, 2025, at 11:00 a.m. or shortly thereafter.

ALL THAT CERTAIN piece, parcel or tract of land situate, lying and being on John’s Island, Estates Subdivision, County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, shown and designated as Lot 54, Block E, on a plat entitled plats of Lots 45-48, 52-57, Block E, Lots 20-27, Block F, Lots 1-7, Block I, Island Estates Subdivision Johns Island Charleston County, SC, made by Sigma Engineers, Inc., dated September 10, 1984, recorded in the RMC Office for Inc., Charleston County in Plat Book BC at Page 12, reference to said plat being craved for a more accurate description of the dimensions, boundaries and measurements of such lots. THIS BEING the same property conveyed unto Michael Ray Mack and Patricia Ann Mack by virtue of a Warranty Deed from Daniel D. Wiegert and Linda S. Wiegert dated August 13, 1993 and recorded August 16, 1993, in Book T230 at Page 344, in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Charleston County, South Carolina. Thereafter, Michael Ray Mack passed away April 19, 2023, thereby vesting sole title to the subject property in Patricia Ann Mack as the surviving tenant.

3304 Barnes Drive Johns Island, SC 29455 TMS# 279-10-00-082

No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately.

The property shall be sold for cash to the highest bidder. The highest bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will be required to deposit with the Master, at the conclusion of the bidding, cash or certified check in the amount of five (5%) per cent of the bid: the said deposit to be applied to the purchase price.

Should the highest bidder fail to comply with the bid within thirty days from the date of sale, the Master will resell the property at the risk and expense of the defaulting bidder upon the same terms as above set out. The Sheriff of Charleston County may be authorized to put the purchaser into possession of the premises if requested by the purchaser.

PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY

John S. Kay, Esquire Telephone: 803-726-2700

FOR INSERTION

Friday, May 16th,

Mikell R. Scarborough Master

Bank of America, N.A., vs. Viola M Brown; First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company

Upon authority of a Decree dated the 18th day of March 2025, I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, the premises fully described below, at the County Council Chambers, 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina, on the 3rd day of June, 2025, at 11:00 a.m. or shortly thereafter.

ALL THAT CERTAIN piece or parcel of land with the buildings and improvements thereon, located, lying and being in Charleston County, and being designated as Lot 4 on a plat entitled “Plat of Waylyn Annex Extension, Area 4.76 Acres”, by Ben F. Cheatham, Reg. C.E. and L.S., No 1764, and dated January 1966, and recorded in Plat Book U, Page 79, in the RMC Office for Charleston County. Butting and Bounding and Measuring and Containing as will reference to said plat more fully and at large appear. THIS BEING the same property conveyed unto Viola M Brown by virtue of a Deed from Henry G. Cisneros, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, dated May 31, 1994, and recorded June 13, 1994, in Book E244 at Page 211 in the Office of Register of Deeds for Charleston County, South Carolina.

2670 Louise Drive North Charleston, SC 29405

TMS# 411-07-00-006

As the Plaintiff did not waive its right for a deficiency judgment in the Complaint, this sale will be re-opened for final bidding at 11:00 a.m. on the 3rd day of July 2025.

The property shall be sold for cash to the highest bidder. The highest bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will be required to deposit with the Master, at the conclusion of the bidding, cash or certified check in the amount of five (5%) per cent of the bid: the said deposit to be applied to the purchase price.

Should the highest bidder fail to comply with the bid within thirty days from the date of sale, the Master will resell the property at the risk and expense of the defaulting bidder upon the same terms as above set out. The Sheriff of Charleston County may be authorized to put the purchaser into possession of the premises if requested by the purchaser.

PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY

John S. Kay, Esquire Telephone: 803-726-2700

FOR INSERTION

Friday, May 16th, Friday May 23rd and Friday May 30th, 2025

Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity

Master’s Sale Case No. 2024-CP-10-02636

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF CHARLESTON: IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS

PNC Bank, National Association, vs. Mary K Schneberger; Steven K Schneberger; Winnsboro Lakes Homeowners Association, Inc.,

Upon authority of a Decree dated the 19th day of March, 2025, I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, the premises fully described below, at the County Council Chambers,

4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina, on the 3rd day of June 2025, at 11:00 a.m. or shortly thereafter.

All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land. lying and being in Winnsboro Lakes Subdivision, Phase I, County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, known and designated as Lot 100, Phase I, Winnsboro Lakes Subdivision, as shown on a plat prepared by Hoffman Lester Associates, Inc., entitled, ‘A Revised Final Plat of Lots 1- 105, Winnsboro Lakes Subdivision. Phase I, Owned by Leon, Inc., Located on John’s Island, City of Charleston, Charleston County. South Carolina, dated June 30, 1988, and revised February 21, 1989. and recorded at the Charleston County RMC Office in Book BU at Pages 150 and 151, Said lot having such size. shape, location, buttings and boundings as will more fully be shown on the aforementioned plat. Subject to all easements and restrictions of record. BEING the same property conveyed to Mary K. Schneberger and Steven K. Schneberger, as joint tenants with rights of survivorship and not as tenants in common, by Deed of William Ashley Easterlin, dated November 16, 2017 and recorded December 6. 2017 in Book 684 at Page 644, in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Charleston County, South Carolina.

3546 Hunters Oak Lane Johns Island, SC 29455

TMS# 279-11-00-028

No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately.

The property shall be sold for cash to the highest bidder. The highest bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will be required to deposit with the Master, at the conclusion of the bidding, cash or certified check in the amount of five (5%) per cent of the bid: the said deposit to be applied to the purchase price.

Should the highest bidder fail to comply with the bid within thirty days from the date of sale, the Master will resell the property at the risk and expense of the defaulting bidder upon the same terms as above set out. The Sheriff of Charleston County may be authorized to put the purchaser into possession of the premises if requested by the purchaser.

PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY

John S. Kay, Esquire Telephone: 803-726-2700

FOR INSERTION

Friday, May 16th, Friday, May 23rd and Friday May 30th, 2025

Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity

Master’s Sale Case No. 2024-CP-10-03751

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF CHARLESTON: IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS

Lakeview Loan Servicing, LLC, PLAINTIFF, vs.

Natashia R Singleton, and if Natashia R Singleton be deceased then any children and heirs at law to the Estate of Natashia R Singleton, distributees and devisees at law to the Estate of Natashia R Singleton, and if any of the same be dead any and all persons entitled to claim under or through them also all other persons unknown claiming any right, title, interest or lien upon the real estate described in the complaint herein; Any unknown adults, any unknown infants or persons under a disability being a class designated as John Doe, and

any persons in the military service of the United States of America being a class designated as Richard Roe; Imani J Singleton; The United States of America, by and through its Agency, the Department of Housing and Urban Development; A O, a minor; K D, a minor; A B, a minor, DEFENDANT(S)

Upon authority of a Decree dated the 16th day of April, 2025 I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, the premises fully described below, at the County Council Chambers, 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina, on the 3rd day of June, 2025, at 11:00 a.m. or shortly thereafter.

ALL THAT CERTAIN piece, parcel or lot of land, together with any and all improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in the County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, known and designated as Lot 6, Northpointe Subdivision, as shown on a plat entitled: ‘Plat Showing the Subdivision of Lots 1-44, Northpointe Subdivision, Lands of W.C. Varn, Located City of North Charleston, Charleston County, S.C.’, by Forsberg Engineering & Surveying, Inc. dated December 16, 1986, and recorded in the RMC Office for Charleston County, in Plat Book BM at Page 55. For a more complete description of said Lot, reference may be had to the aforementioned plat of record.

THIS BEING the same property conveyed to Natashia R Singleton by virtue of a General Warranty Deed from Tonya M. Coakley n/k/a Tonya M. Roper dated April 7, 2021, and recorded July 30, 2021, in Book 1018 at Page 738 in the Office of Register of Deeds for Charleston County, South Carolina. 5125 Westview Street North Charleston, SC 29418

TMS# 408-07-00-246

No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately.

For Pursuant to Section 2410(c), Title 28, United States Code, the Defendant United States of America has waived its right to redeem the subject property within 1 year after the date of the foreclosure sale.

The property shall be sold for cash to the highest bidder. The highest bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will be required to deposit with the Master, at the conclusion of the bidding, cash or certified check in the amount of five (5%) per cent of the bid: the said deposit to be applied to the purchase price.

Should the highest bidder fail to comply with the bid within thirty days from the date of sale, the Master will resell the property at the risk and expense of the defaulting bidder upon the same terms as above set out. The Sheriff of Charleston County may be authorized to put the purchaser into possession of the premises if requested by the purchaser.

PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY

John S. Kay, Esquire Telephone: 803-726-2700

FOR INSERTION

May 16, 2025; May 23, 2025; May 30, 2025

Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity

Master’s Sale Case No. 2024-CP-10-03058

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF CHARLESTON: IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS

Fifth Third Bank, National Association, PLAINTIFF, vs. Julio R Samayoa Vega; Jennifer Koeble, DEFENDANT(S)

Upon authority of a Decree dated the 19th day of March, 2024 I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, the premises fully described below, at the County Council Chambers, 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina, on the 3rd day of June, 2025, at 11:00 a.m. or shortly thereafter.

ALL THAT lot, piece or parcel of land with the buildings and improvements thereon situate, lying and being on James Island, Charleston County, South Carolina, and known and designated as Lot 16, Block E as set forth on the plat entitled “Quail Run Section 2 James Island, Charleston County, South Carolina, Plat of Lot 9, Block D, and Lots 15-17 and 20-22, Block D” dated August 15, 1975, prepared by George D. Sample, PE & LS and recorded in Plat Book W at Page 51 in the RMC Office for Charleston County.

THIS BEING the same property conveyed unto Julio R. Samayoa Vega by virtue of a Deed from Elysha L. Pifko and Keith M. Pifko dated June 7, 2017 and being recorded July 14, 2017 in Book 0652 at Page 331 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Charleston County, South Carolina.

THEREAFTER, Julio R. Samayoa Vega conveyed the subject property unto Julio R. Samayo Vega and Jennifer Koebli, as joint tenants with right of survivorship, by virtue of a Quit-Claim Deed dated December 7, 2017 and recorded December 19, 2017 in Book 0687 at Page 147 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Charleston County, South Carolina.

1223 Peregrine Drive Charleston, SC 29412 TMS# 427-03-00-105

As the Plaintiff did not waive its right for a deficiency judgment in the Complaint, this sale will be re-opened for final bidding at 11:00 a.m. on the 3rd day of July, 2025

The property shall be sold for cash to the highest bidder. The highest bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will be required to deposit with the Master, at the conclusion of the bidding, cash or certified check in the amount of five (5%) per cent of the bid: the said deposit to be applied to the purchase price.

Should the highest bidder fail to comply with the bid within thirty days from the date of sale, the Master will resell the property at the risk and expense of the defaulting bidder upon the same terms as above set out. The Sheriff of Charleston County may be authorized to put the purchaser into possession of the premises if requested by the purchaser.

PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY

John S. Kay, Esquire Telephone: 803-726-2700

FOR INSERTION May 16, 2025; May 23, 2025; May 30, 2025

Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity

Master’s Sale Case No. 2024-CP-10-05885

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF CHARLESTON: IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS

Lakeview Loan Servicing, LLC, PLAINTIFF, vs. Braden White a/k/a Braden

Alexander Dailey, a/k/a Braden

Alexander White; Mandi Lee White, DEFENDANT(S)

Upon authority of a Decree dated the 16th day of April, 2025 will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, the premises fully described below, at the County Council Chambers, 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina, on the 3rd day of June, 2025, at 11:00 a.m. or shortly thereafter.

All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, situate, lying and being in St. James Santee Parish, Charleston County, SC and being known and designated as Lot Number 3A on a plat entitled “General Property Survey & Plat of Subdivision of Lot 3 Shown on a plat in Plat Book 82 at page 125 Property of W.A. Runey Located in St. James Santee Parish, Charleston County, SC,” by James O. McClellan, III, PE & LS dated November 4, 1993 and recorded at the RMC Office for Charleston County in Plat Book DA, at page 656. Said lot having such size, shape, metes, bounds and dimensions as will by reference to said plat more fully and at large appear.

ALSO conveying with this property is one (1) 2015 CLAY 58JAT28663AH15 Mobile Home bearing the VIN RIC247373NCAB. Said mobile home is currently taxed together with the land. Said mobile home title has previously been retired with the SCDMV.

BEING the same property conveyed to Braden Alexander White and Mandi Lee White, as joint tenants with rights of survivorship and not as tenants in common, by Deed of William Scott Salley dated March 17, 2022, and recorded April 12, 2022 in Book 1099 at Page 855, in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Charleston County, South Carolina.

841 Runey Lane McClellanville, SC 29458 TMS# 786-00-00-022

No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately.

The property shall be sold for cash to the highest bidder. The highest bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will be required to deposit with the Master, at the conclusion of the bidding, cash or certified check in the amount of five (5%) per cent of the bid: the said deposit to be applied to the purchase price.

Should the highest bidder fail to comply with the bid within thirty days from the date of sale, the Master will resell the property at the risk and expense of the defaulting bidder upon the same terms as above set out. The Sheriff of Charleston County may be authorized to put the purchaser into possession of the premises if requested by the purchaser.

PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY

John S. Kay, Esquire Telephone: 803-726-2700

FOR INSERTION May 16, 2025; May 23, 2025; May 30, 2025

Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF CHARLESTON: IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS

NewRez LLC d/b/a Shellpoint Mortgage Servicing, PLAINTIFF, vs. Michelle Anne Pelow; Justin Pelow, DEFENDANT(S)

Upon authority of a Decree dated the 19th day of March, 2025 I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, the premises fully described below, at the County Council Chambers, 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina, on the 3rd day of June, 2025 at 11:00 a.m. or shortly thereafter.

ALL THAT piece, parcel or lot of land, together with the buildings and improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in Charleston County, State of South Carolina, known and designated as Lot 11, Block AA, Northwood Estates Subdivision, which lot is more fully delineated on a plat made by William H. Mitchell, dated August 8, 1966, and recorded in the RMC Office for Charleston County in Plat Book V, at Page 37. said lot having such size, shape, dimensions, buttings and boundings as will by reference to said plat more fully and at large appear.

THIS BEING the same property conveyed unto Michelle Anne Pelow and Justin Pelow, as joint tenants with rights of survivorship, by virtue of a Deed from Timothy Quain LeBlanc, dated May 25, 2021, and recorded May 27, 2021, in Book 0995 at Page 802 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Charleston County, South Carolina.

8300 Witsell Street North Charleston, SC 29406 TMS# 485-02-00-071

As the Plaintiff did not waive its right for a deficiency judgment in the Complaint, this sale will be re-opened for final bidding at 11:00 a.m. on the 3rd day of July, 2025 The property shall be sold for cash to the highest bidder. The highest bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will be required to deposit with the Master, at the conclusion of the bidding, cash or certified check in the amount of five (5%) per cent of the bid: the said deposit to be applied to the purchase price.

Should the highest bidder fail to comply with the bid within thirty days from the date of sale, the Master will resell the property at the risk and expense of the defaulting bidder upon the same terms as above set out. The Sheriff of Charleston County may be authorized to put the purchaser into possession of the premises if requested by the purchaser.

PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY John S. Kay, Esquire Telephone: 803-726-2700 FOR INSERTION May 16, 2025; May 23, 2025; May 30, 2025

Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON

IN THE COURT OF COMMON

PLEAS FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL

CIRCUIT

CASE NO.: 2025-CP-10-00849

SANDRA E. SCOTT, EMILY

D. BOWMAN, ROSA B. SMITH, LEONA C. SCOTT And CHRISTOPHER SCOTT, JR., Plaintiffs, vs. PAMELA J. MIDDLETON, GEORGE O. WASHINGTON, KANDREA S. WASHINGTON, DENISE ANCRUM, NICHOLAS W. WASHINGTON, JOHN DOE, adults, RICHARD ROE, infants, insane persons, incompetents and persons in the military service of The United States of America, being fictitious names designating as a class any unknown person or persons or legal entity of any kind who may be an heir, distributee, legatee, widower, widow, assign administrator, executor, creditor, successor, personal representative, issue or alienee of JOE ETHEL MOORE aka Joe Ethel Middleton Moore, CHRISTOPHER L. SCOTT SR., ELIZABETH M. SCOTT, MALVERSE A. MIDDLETON, KESLEY P. SCOTT, CYNTHIA T. WASHINGTON and DEMETRA LEFTER, all of whom are deceased, and any and all other persons or legal entities, known and unknown, claiming any right, title, interest or estate in or lien upon the parcel of real estate described in the Lis Pendens and Complaint filed herein, Defendants.

SUMMONS

TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVENAMED:

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer upon John J. Dodds III at his office located at 858 Lowcountry Blvd., Suite 101, Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina, 29464, within thirty (30) days after service hereof, exclusive of the date of such service; and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

NOTICE OF FILING

YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Summons, Lis Pendens, Notice and Complaint in the above action were filed in the office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on February 14, 2025.

LIS PENDENS

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an action has been commenced by the Plaintiffs against the Defendants to clear title to the parcel of real property hereinafter described and to establish ownership of the said parcel in the names of the lawful owners free and clear of all adverse claims, liens and encumbrances whatsoever, saving and excepting outstanding real property taxes and to effect a Partition By Sale of the said parcel. The parcel which is the subject of this action was at the commencement of this action and is now situate in the County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, and is more fully described as follows: ALL that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon, situate, lying and being on the south side of Morris Street in the City and County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, and known under the present numbering system as No. 39 Morris Street and having such size, shape and dimensions as are shown on a plat thereof made by W.

L. Gaillard, Surveyor, dated October 23, 1942, which plat is made a part hereof and is recorded in the Register’s office for Charleston County, South Carolina (“ROD”) in Book ____, Page ____. MEASURING AND CONTAINING in front on Morris Street thirty-seven feet, five inches (37’, 5”), by sixty-nine feet, five inches (69’,5”) on the East and West lines and forty-five feet, six inches (45’, 6”) on the back line, be the said dimensions more or less. BEING the same property conveyed to Ethel G. Middleton by deed of Demetra Lefter, dated November 9, 1942, and recorded in the ROD in Book V-43, at Page 103.

TMS#: 460-12-03-001. Street Address: 39 Morris Street, Charleston, SC 29403

NOTICE TO APPOINT A GUARDIAN AD LITEM NISI

You will please take notice that by Consent Order filed in the Clerk’s Office on April 2, 2025, Walter R. Kaufmann, Esquire, PO Box 459, Mt. Pleasant, SC 29465-0459, was appointed Guardian ad Litem Nisi for such of the unknown Defendants whose true names are unknown and fictitious names designating infants, insane persons, incompetents and persons in the military of The United State of America, being fictitious names designating as a class any unknown persons or legal entities of any kind, who may be an heir, distributee, devisee, legatee, widower, widow, assign, administrator, executor, creditor, successor, personal representative, issue or alienee of Joe Ethel Moore aka Joe Ethel Middleton Moore, Christopher L. Scott Sr., Elizabeth M. Scott, Malverse A. Middleton, Kesley P. Scott, Cynthia T. Washington and Demetra Lefter, all deceased, and any and all other persons or legal entities, known and unknown, claiming any right, title, interest or estate in or lien upon the real estate described in the Lis Pendens and Complaint filed herein; such appointment to become absolute unless the said Defendants or someone in their behalf shall procure the appointment of a Guardian ad Litem on or before the thirtieth (30) day after the last publication of the Summons herein.

John J. Dodds III 858 Lowcountry Blvd., Suite 101 Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464 (P) (843) 881-6530 john@cisadodds.com

ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFFS

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF BERKELEY IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE NO.: 2025-CP-08-01106

Laurie Bailey, Plaintiff,

vs. Jonathan Morales and Shaddai Cable, LLC, Defendants.

Summons (Automobile Collision/Negligence) (Jury Trial Requested)

TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS:

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to appear and defend the action(s) set forth in the Complaint herein, a copy of which is served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer or Motion to the said Complaint on the Joye Law Firm at 5861 Rivers Avenue North Charleston, SC 29406, within thirty (30) days after service hereof, exclusive of the day of service, and if you fail to appear and defend

within the time aforesaid, judgment by default will be entered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

NOTICE OF FILING: PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT the original Summons and Complaint in the above entitled action were filed April 3, 2024 in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Berkeley County, South Carolina, for such relief as set forth in the Complaint.

JOYE LAW FIRM, L.L.P.

Jeffrey Gerardi SC Bar 6630 Post Office Box 62888 5861 Rivers Avenue (29406) North Charleston, SC 29419-2888 Office: 843-554-3100 Fax: 843-529-9180 jgerardi@joyelawfirm.com

Attorney for Plaintiff

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF BEAUFORT Court of Common Pleas Case No:2025-CP-07-00055

SOUTH CAROLINA FEDERAL CREDIT UNION, Plaintiff, -versus-

SHAWN LEDORIN FLUDD AND ESTHER MARIA CHAPPELEARFLUDD A/K/A SHAWN L. FLUDD AND ESTHER M. CHAPPELEAR-FLUDD A/K/A SHAWN FLUDD AND ESTHER CHAPPELEAR-FLUDD A/K/A ESTHER CHAPPELEAR

SUMMONS

TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE:

YOU ARE SUMMONED AND REQUIRED to answer the Complaint in the foregoing action, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your said Answer on the undersigned attorney within thirty (30) days of the service hereof, exclusive of the date of such service, and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

NOTICE OF FILING

Please take notice that the Summons and Complaint in this action were filed in the Clerk of Court for Beaufort County 102 Ribaut Road, Beaufort, SC on January 9, 2025.

KATHLEEN M. FERRI, ESQ. P.O. Box 31776 Charleston, SC 29417-1776 (843) 557-9775 kmferri@ferrilaw.net

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS

Civil Action No. 2023CP1000718

PAUL LOPEZ, AS TRUSTEE OF BIRMINGHAM PLKL TRUST; PAUL LOPEZ, INDIVIDUALLY; AND KATHERINE LOPEZ, INDIVIDUALLY, Plaintiffs, vs. DALY & SAWYER CONSTRUCTION, INC., Defendant. and DALY & SAWYER CONSTRUCTION, INC., Third-Party Plaintiff, vs. A.B. EVANS CONCRETE & HAULING, AC HEATING AND AIR CONDITIONING SERVICE, INC., ENERGY ONE AMERICA, LLC, AND CILCHRST MASONRY, INC., Third-Party Defendants.

SECOND AMENDED THIRDPARTY SUMMONS AND THIRDPARTY COMPLAINT

TO THE DEFENDANT(S): St. Pierre Construction LLC; Skyline Roofing,

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action, and to serve a copy of your Answer upon the undersigned at their offices, 1320 Main Street, 10th Floor, Columbia, SC 29201 or P.O. Box 12519, Columbia, SC 29211 within thirty (30) days after service hereof upon you, exclusive of the day of service, and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, the Third-Party Plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for a judgment by default granting the relief demanded in the Complaint.

YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Summons and Complaint in the above captioned action was filed on January 8, 2025 in the Court of Common Pleas in Charleston County, SC.

McAngus Goudelock & Courie P.O. Box 12519 1320 Main Street, 10th Floor (29201) Columbia, SC 29211

Attorneys for Third Party Plaintiff

NOTICE OF FILING COMPLAINT

TO DEFENDANTS TYREIK JEROME FAULKS and JASEMIN FAULKS:

YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the original Complaint in the above-entitled action, together with the Civil Action Coversheet, Summons, Exhibits and Verification, were filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County, South Carolina, on April 21, 2025, at 12:55 p.m., the object and prayer of which is the recovery of a sum certain due Plaintiff by Defendants, TYREIK JEROME FAULKS and JASEMIN FAULKS, and for such other and further relief as set forth in the Complaint.

s/Cynthia Jordan Lowery Cynthia Jordan Lowery #12499 MOORE & VAN ALLEN, PLLC

78 Wentworth Street Post Office Box 22828

Charleston, SC 29413-2828

Telephone: (843) 579-7000

Facsimile: (843) 579-8714 Email: cynthialowery@mvalaw. com

ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF

April 29, 2025 CHARLESTON, SC

Master’s Sale Case No.: 2024CP1001357

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF CHARLESTON: IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS

Towd Point Mortgage Trust 2018-3, U.S. Bank National Association, as Indenture Trustee, PLAINTIFF, VERSUS Any Heirs-At-Law or Devisees of Rebecca M. Eaton and Lawrence C. Eaton, Jr., Deceased, their heirs, Personal Representatives, Administrators, Successors and Assigns, and all other persons entitled to claim through them; all unknown persons with any right, title or interest in the real estate described herein; also any persons who may be in the military service of the United States of America, being a class designated as John Doe; and any unknown minors or persons under a disability being a class designated as Richard Roe; Angelia Rogers; Thomas Eaton a/k/a Thomy Eaton; Shani Nicole Eaton; Shinira Michelle Eaton; , DEFENDANTS.

SUMMONS (COLLECTION – NONJURY)

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS CIVIL CASE NUMBER: 2025-CP10-02187

SOUTH CAROLINA FEDERAL CREDIT UNION, Plaintiff, vs. TYREIK JEROME FAULKS and JASEMIN FAULKS, Defendants.

TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE NAMED:

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action, a copy of which is hereby served upon you and to serve a copy of your Answer to said Complaint on the subscribers at their offices, Moore & Van Allen PLLC, 78 Wentworth Street, Post Office Box 22828, Charleston, South Carolina 294132828, or to otherwise appear and defend, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service, and if you fail to answer the Complaint, or otherwise to appear and defend, within the time aforesaid, the Plaintiff in this action will obtain a judgment by default against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

April 21, 2025 CHARLESTON, SC

Subsequently, Thomas Alva Maynard died testate on April 4, 1983, leaving the subject property to his devisee, namely, Helen Mae Maynard, as is more fully preserved in the Probate records for Charleston County, in Case No. 83-ES-10-358; subsequently, Helen M. Maynard died on May 11, 2011, leaving the subject property to her devisee, namely, Rebecca M. Eaton, as is more fully preserved in the Probate records for Charleston County, in Case No. 2011ES1000847; also by Deed of Distribution dated July 10, 2012 and recorded July 20, 2012 in Deed Book 265 at Page 398. Subsequently, Lawrence Claude Eaton, Jr. died on December 3, 2020 leaving his interest in the subject property to his heirs or devisees, namely, Shinira Michelle Eaton and Shani Nicole Eaton, as is more fully preserved in the Probate records for Charleston County, in Case No. 2021ES1000154.

Subsequently, Rebecca M. Eaton died on May 22, 2023, leaving the subject property to her heirs or devisees, namely, Angelia Rogers and Thomy Eaton.

TMS # 408-08-00-169 Case#: 2024CP1001357

Current Property Address: 5313 Mcroy Street North Charleston, SC 29418

No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, and compliance with the bid may be made immediately.

The property shall be sold for cash to the highest bidder. The highest bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will be required to deposit with the Master, at the conclusion of the bidding, certified funds in the amount of five per cent (5%) of the bid: the said deposit to be applied to the purchase price.

Master’s Sale Case No.: 2024CP1003621

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF CHARLESTON: IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS

The Bank of New York Mellon, formerly known as The Bank of New York, not in its individual capacity but solely as Trustee on behalf of the holders of the CIT Mortgage Loan Trust, 2007-1 Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2007-1, PLAINTIFF, VERSUS James Hart, III; Shelmore Surety, LLC; , DEFENDANTS.

Upon authority of a Decree dated the 12th day of December, 2024, I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, the premises fully described below, at CHARLESTON COUNTY COUNCIL CHAMBERS, 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina on the 3rd day of June, 2025 at 11:00 AM or shortly thereafter.

ALL that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, with improvements thereon, situate, lying and being on the east side of King Street in the City of Charleston, State and County aforesaid, known and designated as Lot No. 5 on a plat of a tract of land on the east side of King Street, surveyed and platted into ninety-two (92) lots at the request of the Carolina Florida Realty Company, by G. M. Howe, which plat is recorded in the RMC Office for Charleston County in plat Book C at Page 128; said lot having such size, shape, dimensions, buttings and boundings as will by reference to said plat more fully and at large appear.

Brian P. Yoho

011847-05333

2024CP1003621

FOR INSERTION

May 16, 2025, May 23, 3035 and May 30, 2025

Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity

Master’s Sale Case No.: 2024CP1002734

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF CHARLESTON: IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS

PennyMac Loan Services, LLC, PLAINTIFF, VERSUS

Angela Yvette Byrd; Debra Sue Looney; Andre Bernard Freeman, Jr; Republic Finance, LLC ; Solar Mosaic, Inc.n/k/a Solar Mosaic LLC; Any Heirs-at-Law or Devisees of Horace Freeman Jr, Deceased, their heirs, Personal Representatives, Administrators, Successors and Assigns, and all other persons entitled to claim through them; all unknown persons with any right, title or interest in the real estate described herein; also any persons who may be in the military service of the United States of America, being a class designated as John Doe; and any unknown minors or persons under a disability being a class designated as Richard Roe; , DEFENDANTS.

Upon authority of a Decree dated the 14th day of March, 2025, I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, the premises fully described below, at CHARLESTON COUNTY COUNCIL CHAMBERS, 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina on the 3rd day of June, 2025 at 11:00 AM or shortly thereafter.

All that piece, parcel or lot of land situate, lying and being in the County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, known and designated as Lot No. 8, Block M, on a place or a portion of Glyn Terrace Subdivision, made August 2, 1955, by W. H. Matheny, R.L.S., and recorded in the RMC Office for Charleston County, in Plat Book T, Page 88, said lot having such size, shape, location, dimensions, butting and bounding as will by reference to the said plat more fully appear.

SUBJECT to assessments, Charleston Ad Valorem Taxes, any and all restrictions, easements, covenants and rights-of-way of record, and any other senior encumbrances.

This being the same piece of property conveyed to Thomas Maynard and Helen Maynard by deed from Thomas M. Evans Realty Co., Inc. dated March 8, 1968 and recorded March 21, 1968 in Book Y89 at Page 25 in the Register of Deeds Office for Charleston County.

Should the highest bidder fail to comply with the bid within thirty days from the date of sale, the Master will resell the property at the risk and expense of the defaulting bidder upon the same terms as above set out. IF for any reason the Plaintiff’s agent does not appear to bid at the sale, the sale will be deemed canceled. The Sheriff of Charleston County may be authorized to put the purchaser into possession of the premises if requested by the purchaser.

NOTICE: The foreclosure deed is not a warranty deed. Interested bidders should satisfy themselves as to the quality of title to be conveyed by obtaining an independent title search prior to the foreclosure sale date.

PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY

Brian P. Yoho (803) 744-4444 011847-05287 2024CP1001357

FOR INSERTION 5/16/2025, 5/23/2025, 5/30/2025

Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity

SUBJECT to assessments, Charleston Ad Valorem Taxes, any and all restrictions, easements, covenants and rights-of-way of record, and any other senior encumbrances.

This being the same property conveyed to James Hart, III by deed of Ethel L. Terry a/k/a Ethel Lee Terry, dated January 24, 2002 and recorded January 30, 2003 in Book U434 at Page 705 in the Register of Deeds Office for Charleston County.

TMS # 4631201035

Case#: 2024CP1003621

Current Property Address: 1150 King Street Charleston, SC 29403

No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, and compliance with the bid may be made immediately.

The property shall be sold for cash to the highest bidder. The highest bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will be required to deposit with the Master, at the conclusion of the bidding, certified funds in the amount of five per cent (5%) of the bid: the said deposit to be applied to the purchase price.

Should the highest bidder fail to comply with the bid within thirty days from the date of sale, the Master will resell the property at the risk and expense of the defaulting bidder upon the same terms as above set out. IF for any reason the Plaintiff’s agent does not appear to bid at the sale, the sale will be deemed canceled. The Sheriff of Charleston County may be authorized to put the purchaser into possession of the premises if requested by the purchaser.

NOTICE: The foreclosure deed is not a warranty deed. Interested bidders should satisfy themselves as to the quality of title to be conveyed by obtaining an independent title search prior to the foreclosure sale date.

Upon authority of a Decree dated the 11th day of April, 2025, I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, the premises fully described below, at CHARLESTON COUNTY COUNCIL CHAMBERS, 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina on the 3rd day of June, 2025 at 11:00 AM or shortly thereafter.

All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, situate, lying and being in Charleston County, State of South Carolina, known and designated as Lot 7, Block F, Evanston Subdivision, Section 5, as shown on a plat of a portion of Evanston Subdivision, made by E.M. Seabrook, Jr., Inc., Dated March 1968; and recorded in the RMC office for Charleston County, in Plat Book X, at Page 35; said lot having such size, shape, dimensions, buttings and boundings as will by reference to said plat more fully appear.

SUBJECT to assessments, Charleston Ad Valorem Taxes, any and all restrictions, easements, covenants and rights-of-way of record, and any other senior encumbrances.

This being the same property conveyed to Horace Freeman Jr and Arnettie Freeman by deed of James S Blanton and Lisa M Blanton dated April 28, 1989 and recorded May 11, 1989 in Deed Book G184 at Page 845 in the office of the Charleston County Register of Deeds. Subsequently, Arnettie Freeman conveyed all her interest in the subject property to Horace Freeman Jr by deed dated September 27, 1991 and recorded February 28, 1992 in Book Z 210 at Page 644. Subsequently, Horace Freeman Jr conveyed a 1/2 interest in the subject property to Eunice Freeman by deed dated February 21, 1994 and Recorded March 3, 1994 in Deed Book S 239 at page 865. Subsequently, Eunice Freeman conveyed her interest in the subject property to Horace Freeman, Jr by deed dated January 28, 2004 and recorded February 10, 2004 in Deed Book U 483 at Page 565. Subsequently, Horace Freeman, Jr died testate on November 22, 2023 leaving the property to his devisees, namely, Debra Sue Looney, Andre Bernard Freeman, Jr

MASTER IN EQUITY’S SALE

2

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF CHARLESTON: IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS

Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. as Trustee for Mortgage Assets Management Series I Trust

v. Robert B. Kanapaux a/k/a Robert Bernard Kanapaux; The United States of America, acting by and through its agent, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; Discover Bank; Eugene A. Calejo

Upon authority of a Decree dated February 13, 2025, I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, the premises fully described below, in the County Council Chambers, 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina, on June 3, 2025 at 11:00 a.m. or shortly thereafter. ALL THAT PIECE, PARCEL OR LOT OF LAND WITH THE BUILDING THEREON, SITUATE, LYING AND BEING IN THE ST. ANDREW’S PARIAH, CHARLESTON COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA, KNOWN AND DESIGNATED AS LOT 5, BLOCK G, LONG BRANCH ON THE CREEK, AS SHOWN ON A PLAT MADE BY SIGMA ENGINEERS INC., DATED MAY 31, 1975, AND RECORDED IN THE RMC OFFICE FOR CHARLESTON COUNTY IN PLAT BOOK AG, PAGE 101; SAID LOT HAVING SUCH SIZE, SHAPE, DIMENSIONS, BUTTINGS AND BOUNDINGS AS WILL BE REFERENCE TO SAID PLAT MORE FULLY APPEAR. SUBJECT IN ALL RESPECTS TO RESTRICTIONS RECORDED IN THE RMC OFFICE FOR CHARLESTON COUNTY IN BOOK K110, PAGE 216, AND AMENDMENT RECORDED R111, PAGE 122. ALSO SUBJECT TO ANY AND ALL EASEMENTS OF RECORD. BEING A PORTION ON THE PREMISES CONVEYED TO ROBERT B. KANAPAUX AND ROSEMARIE C. KANAPAUX BY DEED OF THE H.A. ROOKE COMPANY, INC. RECORDED OCTOBER 15, 1979, IN THE RMC OFFICE FOR CHARLESTON COUNTY IN BOOK R120, PAGE 15. THEREAFTER, ROSEMARIE C. KANAPAUX DIED AND THE PROPERTY WAS CONVEYED TO ROBERT B. KANAPAUX BY DEED OF DISTRIBUTION OF THE ESTATE OF ROSEMARIE C. KANAPAUX DATED JULY 29, 2019 AND RECORDED AUGUST 22, 2019 IN THE RMC OFFICE FOR CHARLESTON COUNTY IN BOOK 0818 AT PAGE 325.

CURRENT ADDRESS OF PROPERTY: 2518 Flamingo Drive, Charleston, SC 29414 Parcel No. 310-01-00-109

No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with bid may be made immediately. The property shall be sold for cash to the highest bidder. The highest bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will be required to deposit with the Master, at the conclusion of the bidding, cash or certified check in the amount of five (5%) per cent of the bid: the said deposit to be applied to the purchase price. Should the highest bidder fail to comply with the bid within thirty days from the date of sale, the Master will resell the property at the risk and expense of the defaulting bidder upon the same terms as above set out. The Sheriff of Charleston County may be authorized to put the purchaser into possession of the premises if requested by the purchaser.

PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY

ALSTON, DECEASED, DATED

DECEMBER 4, 2021, AND RECORDED ON DECEMBER 21, 2021, IN BOOK 1062, PAGE 386.

CURRENT ADDRESS OF PROPERTY:

1339 Ronald Lane, Charleston, SC 29412

Parcel No. 427-03-00-011

No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with bid may be made immediately. The property shall be sold for cash to the highest bidder. The highest bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will be required to deposit with the Master, at the conclusion of the bidding, cash or certified check in the amount of five (5%) per cent of the bid: the said deposit to be applied to the purchase price. Should the highest bidder fail to comply with the bid within thirty days from the date of sale, the Master will resell the property at the risk and expense of the defaulting bidder upon the same terms as above set out. The Sheriff of Charleston County may be authorized to put the purchaser into possession of the premises if requested by the purchaser.

PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY

J. Martin Page, Esquire Telephone: 803-509-5078 / File # 24-41563

FOR INSERTION May 16, May 23, & May 30, 2025

Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity

6790

MASTER IN EQUITY’S SALE 2024-CP-10-01962

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF CHARLESTON: IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS

CalCon Mutual Mortgage LLC dba One Trust Home Loans v. Athena Alston McFadden

Upon authority of a Decree dated April 3, 2025, I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, the premises fully described below, in the County Council Chambers, 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina, on June 3, 2025 at 11:00 a.m. or shortly thereafter. ALL THAT LOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND, SITUATE, LYING AND BEING ON JAMES ISLAND, CHARLESTON COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA, AND DESIGNATED AS LOT 10, “KING’S ACRES”, AS SHOWN ON A PLAY ENTITLED, “KING’S ACRE’S” DATED SEPTEMBER 1955, BY J. O’HEAR SANDERS, JR., WHICH PLAT IS RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK K, AT PAGE 45, R.M.C. OFFICE FOR CHARLESTON COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA. THE PREMISES HAVING SUCH BUTTING AND BOUNDINGS, MEASUREMENTS AND DIMENSIONS DATED NOVEMBER 21, 1955, AND RECORDED NOVEMBER 21, 1955, IN BOOK H-65, AT PAGE 43, R.M.C. OFFICE FOR CHARLESTON COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA. BEING ALSO THE SAME PROPERTY CONVEYED TO DOROTHEA B. ALSTON FROM US DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, BY DEED DATED MAY 26, 1989, AND RECORDED ON JUNE 7, 1989, IN BOOK 184, PAGE 901. THIS BEING THE SAME PROPERTY CONVEYED TO ATHENA ALSTON MCFADDEN BY DEED OF DISTRIBUTION FROM ATHENA A. MCFADDEN AS PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE OF DOROTHEA BERRY

2021 in Mortgage Book 1024 at Page 288 in the Register of Mesne Conveyances/Register of Deeds/Clerk of Court for Charleston County, in the original principal sum of Two Hundred Twelve Thousand Six Hundred Fifty Seven and 00/100 Dollars ($212,657.00). Thereafter, by assignment recorded on February 29, 2024 in Book 1230 at Page 611 the mortgage was assigned to Planet Home Lending, LLC, and that the premises effected by said mortgage and by the foreclosure thereof are situated in the County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, and is described as follows: ALL that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, situate, lying and being in the County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, being shown and designated as Lot 27, Block F, as shown on a plat of “Woodside Manor and Woodview Manor, Charleston County, S.C.” made July 13, 1970, by E.M. Seabrook, Jr., C.E. & L.S., which said plat is recorded in the RMC Office for Charleston County in Plat Book Z Page 145; said lot having such buttings and boundings, size, shape and dimensions as shown on said plat.

TMS No. 3880600042

Property Address: 4416 Elderwood Drive, Ladson, SC 29456

Riley Pope & Laney, LLC Post Office Box 11412 Columbia, South Carolina 29211 Telephone (803) 799-9993

Attorneys for Plaintiff 6845

SUMMONS AND NOTICE

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS C/A NO. 2025-CP-10-01218

Planet Home Lending, LLC, Plaintiff vs. Robert Ransom Cumbee, Katie Ann Beyer and The United States of America, acting by and through its agency, The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Defendants.

TO THE DEFENDANT(S) Robert Ransom Cumbee, Katie Ann Beyer:

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in the above action, a copy which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer upon the undersigned at their offices, 2838 Devine Street, Columbia, South Carolina 29205, within thirty (30) days after service upon you, exclusive of the day of such service, and, if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, judgment by default will be rendered against you for relief demanded in the Complaint.

NOTICE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the original Complaint in this action was filed in the office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on March 5, 2025.

NOTICE OF PENDENCY OF ACTION NOTICE IS HEREBY

GIVEN THAT an action has been commenced and is now pending or is about to be commenced in the Circuit Court upon the complaint of the above named Plaintiff against the above named Defendant for the purpose of foreclosing a certain mortgage of real estate heretofore given by Robert Ransom Cumbee and Katie Ann Beyer to Planet Home Lending, LLC bearing date of July 29, 2021 and recorded August 19,

thereafter. ALL that certain lot, piece, parcel, or tract of land, which is a portion of Lot 16 of the Phillip Tract in Christ Church Parish, County of Charleston, as shown on a Plat made by T.A. Huguerin, Surveyor, of record in the RMC Office for Charleston County, in Plat Book B at Page 85. Also includes a mobile/ manufactured home, a 2004 CLAY VIN: OHC014394NCAB BEING the same property conveyed to Althea D. Capers by deed of Hendesce Capers, Melvina Tillman, Benjamin Capers, Kenneth Capers, Herbert Lee Singleton, Patricia C. Graham, and Henry Capers, dated July 29, 2004 and recorded October 12, 2004 in Deed Book K512 at Page 157. Thereafter, Althea D. Capers nka Althea D. Green aka Althea D. Capers-Green conveyed onehalf of her interest in the Property to Jessie Nathan Green, III, which deed was recorded March 31, 2011 in Deed Book 0179 at Page 667.

TMS No. 583-00-00-034 MH00051282 (MH) Property Address: 2927 Canyon Lane, Mount Pleasant, SC 29466

Master’s Sale

2024-CP-10-04323

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF CHARLESTON: IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS

NewRez LLC d/b/a Shellpoint Mortgage Servicing, PLAINTIFF versus Robert F. Shier, III, The United States of America, acting by and through its agency, The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, and Corey King, DEFENDANT(S).

deed is not a warranty deed. Interested bidders should satisfy themselves as to the quality of title to be conveyed by obtaining an independent title search well before the foreclosure sale date. ATTENDEES MUST ABIDE BY SOCIAL DISTANCING GUIDELINES AND MAY BE REQUIRED TO WEAR A MASK OR OTHER FACIAL COVERING. Any person who violates said protocols is subject to dismissal at the discretion of the selling officer or other court officials.

lot having such size, shape, dimensions, metes and bounds as are shown on said plat. This being the same property conveyed to Jamie Lopez Osornio and Nena J. Osornio by deed of Marguerite Curtis dated October 1, 2020 and recorded October 19, 2020 in Deed Book 0926 at Page 746 in the RMC Office for Charleston County; thereafter, upon information and belief, Jamie Lopez Osornio passed on June 29, 2021 leaving the Property to Nena J. Osornio by right of survivorship deed.

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF CHARLESTON: IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS

Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, Inc., PLAINTIFF versus Althea D. Capers nka Althea D. Green aka Althea D. Capers-Green; Jessie Green aka Jessie R. Green, III aka Jessie Nathan Green, III, DEFENDANT(S).

Upon authority of a Decree dated the 10th day of October, 2024, I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, the premises fully described below, at the County Council Chambers, 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina, on the 3rd day of June, 2025, at 11:00 a.m. or shortly

No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately. THIS SALE IS SUBJECT TO ASSESSMENTS, COUNTY TAXES, EXISTING EASEMENTS, EASEMENTS AND RESTRICTIONS OF RECORD, AND OTHER SENIOR ENCUMBRANCES. The property shall be sold for cash to the highest bidder. The highest bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will be required to deposit with the Master, at the conclusion of the bidding, cash or certified check in the amount of five (5%) per cent of the bid: the said deposit to be applied to the purchase price. The successful bidder will be required to pay for documentary stamps on the Deed and interest on the balance of the bid from the date of sale to the date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 10.5000%. Should the highest bidder fail to comply with the bid within thirty days from the date of sale, the Master will resell the property at the risk and expense of the defaulting bidder upon the same terms as above set out. Should the Plaintiff, or one of its representatives, fail to be present at the time of sale, the property is automatically withdrawn from said sale and sold at the next available sales day upon the terms and conditions as set forth in the Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale or any Supplemental Order. The Sheriff of Charleston County may be authorized to put the purchaser into possession of the premises if requested by the purchaser. NOTICE: The foreclosure deed is not a warranty deed. Interested bidders should satisfy themselves as to the quality of title to be conveyed by obtaining an independent title search well before the foreclosure sale date. ATTENDEES MUST ABIDE BY SOCIAL DISTANCING GUIDELINES AND MAY BE REQUIRED TO WEAR A MASK OR OTHER FACIAL COVERING. Any person who violates said protocols is subject to dismissal at the discretion of the selling officer or other court officials.

PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY

RILEY POPE & LANEY, LLC (803) 799-9993

FOR INSERTION May 16, 2024, May 23, 2024, May 30, 2024

Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity

6879

Upon authority of a Decree dated the 18th day of March, 2025, I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, the premises fully described below, at the County Council Chambers, 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina, on the 3rd day of June, 2025, at 11:00 a.m. or shortly thereafter. All that certain lot, situate, lying and being in the City of North Charleston, South Carolina, known and designated as Lot 32, Block 41, in Pepperhill No. 8 Subdivision and which lot is more particularly shown and designated on a plat entitled “Plat Showing Pepperhill No. 8, City of North Charleston, Charleston County, SC” by C. Rogers Jennings, RLS, and which plat is recorded in Plat Book AR at Page 10 in the RMC Office for Charleston County, SC. Said lot reference to said plat more fully appear. Being the same property conveyed to Robert F. Shier, III by deed of State Properties, LLC, dated May 25, 2016 and recorded June 10, 2016 in Deed Book 0560 at Page 103.

TMS No. 395-06-00-081

Property Address: 3433 Smoketree Court, North Charleston, SC 29420

No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately. The Sale is made subject to the Right of Redemption of the United States of America, pursuant to Section 2410(c), U.S. Code, for a period of 120 days from date of sale. THIS SALE IS SUBJECT TO ASSESSMENTS, COUNTY TAXES, EXISTING EASEMENTS, EASEMENTS AND RESTRICTIONS OF RECORD, AND OTHER SENIOR ENCUMBRANCES. The property shall be sold for cash to the highest bidder. The highest bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will be required to deposit with the Master, at the conclusion of the bidding, cash or certified check in the amount of five (5%) per cent of the bid: the said deposit to be applied to the purchase price. The successful bidder will be required to pay for documentary stamps on the Deed and interest on the balance of the bid from the date of sale to the date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 3.7500%.

Should the highest bidder fail to comply with the bid within thirty days from the date of sale, the Master will resell the property at the risk and expense of the defaulting bidder upon the same terms as above set out. Should the Plaintiff, or one of its representatives, fail to be present at the time of sale, the property is automatically withdrawn from said sale and sold at the next available sales day upon the terms and conditions as set forth in the Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale or any Supplemental Order. The Sheriff of Charleston County may be authorized to put the purchaser into possession of the premises if requested by the purchaser. NOTICE: The foreclosure

PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY RILEY POPE & LANEY, LLC (803) 799-9993 FOR INSERTION May 16, 2025, May 23, 2025, May 30, 2025

Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity 6897

843-885 4086

Master’s Sale 2024-CP-10-04921

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF CHARLESTON: IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS NewRez LLC d/b/a Shellpoint Mortgage Servicing, PLAINTIFF versus Nena J. Osornio; Service Finance Company LLC; The South Carolina Department of Revenue; Truist Bank; U.S. Bank National Association dba Elan Financial Services.; AscensionPoint Recovery Services, LLC on behalf of Citibank, N.A.; AscensionPoint Recovery Services, LLC on behalf of Synchrony Bank; and Capital One Bank (USA), N.A. Platinum, DEFENDANT(S).

Upon authority of a Decree dated the 18th day of March, 2025, I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, the premises fully described below, at the County Council Chambers, 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina, on the 3rd day of June, 2025, at 11:00 a.m. or shortly thereafter. ALL that lot, piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and being in St. Andrews Parish, County of Charleston, State aforesaid, known and designated as Lot 20 on Magnolia Avenue, in the subdivision known as MAGNOLIA RANCH as shown on a Plat by W. L. Gaillard, Surveyor, dated June 25, 1953, and recorded in the R.M.C. Office for Charleston County In Plat Book J, Page 72. Said

TMS No. 355-09-00-020

Property Address: 1919 Fruitwood Avenue, Charleston, SC 29414

No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately. THIS SALE IS SUBJECT TO ASSESSMENTS, COUNTY TAXES, EXISTING EASEMENTS, EASEMENTS AND RESTRICTIONS OF RECORD, AND OTHER SENIOR ENCUMBRANCES. The property shall be sold for cash to the highest bidder. The highest bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will be required to deposit with the Master, at the conclusion of the bidding, cash or certified check in the amount of five (5%) per cent of the bid: the said deposit to be applied to the purchase price. The successful bidder will be required to pay for documentary stamps on the Deed and interest on the balance of the bid from the date of sale to the date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 2.7500%. Should the highest bidder fail to comply with the bid within thirty days from the date of sale, the Master will resell the property at the risk and expense of the defaulting bidder upon the same terms as above set out. Should the Plaintiff, or one of its representatives, fail to be present at the time of sale, the property is automatically withdrawn from said sale and sold at the next available sales day upon the terms and conditions as set forth in the Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale or any Supplemental Order. The Sheriff of Charleston County may be authorized to put the purchaser into possession of the premises if requested by the purchaser. NOTICE: The foreclosure deed is not a warranty deed. Interested bidders should satisfy themselves as to the quality of title to be conveyed by obtaining an independent title search well before the foreclosure sale date. ATTENDEES MUST ABIDE BY SOCIAL DISTANCING GUIDELINES AND MAY BE REQUIRED TO WEAR A MASK OR OTHER FACIAL COVERING. Any person who violates said protocols is subject to dismissal at the discretion of the selling officer or other court officials.

PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY RILEY POPE & LANEY, LLC (803) 799-9993

FOR INSERTION May 16, 2025, May 23, 2025, May 30, 2025

Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity 6898 PLEASE

CHARLESTON MUSICAL HERITAGE CONCERTS

5 concerts spotlighting Charleston’s musical history

The Sound of Charleston From Gospel to Gershwin

MAY 24, 31 & JUNE 7 AT 2pm

SUNDAY, MAY 25 AT 2pm

“Gershwin & Jazz” with Jon Philips and John Tecklenburg, “Porgy and Bess” stars Diamond Tyler and Ramelle Brooks, and “Rhapsody in Blue”

Circular Congregational Church, 150 Meeting St. Charleston with special guest, Ann Caldwell

SUNDAY, JUNE 1 AT 4pm

“Oh Happy Day” Gospel Music featuring the Bright Family Singers & Ensemble

EARLY MUSIC SERIES

at Old Saint Mary’s May 24 -June 8 • Daily at 3 pm A Piccolo Favorite

Featuring: Bach, Vivaldi, Mozart, and more

PURCHASE TICKETS AT CITYPAPERTICKETS.COM LEARN MORE AT PICCOLOSPOLETO.COM

May 24 Paris 1725 - French Baroque

May 25 Vivaldi's Four Seasons

May 26 The Glory of Handel

May 27 Brilliant Bach

May 28 The Art of the Classical Guitar

May 29 Travels Through Europe

May 30 Flowers of the French Baroque

May 31 The Best of NC Baroque Orchestra Chamber Players

June 1 The Art of the Classical Guitar with a Hint of the Recorder

June 2 Vivaldi's Four Seasons

June 3 Mozart's Eine Kleine Nachtmusik

June 4 Drums, Winds, and Strings Through the Ages

June 5 Vivalvdi's Four Seasons

June 6 Mozart's Eine Kleine Nachtmusik

June 7 The Virtuoso Recorder and Ensemble Brio

Adults $28 Seniors $26

Tickets available at Charleston Visitor Center | (843) 270-4903 www.piccolospoleto.com

June 8

Ensemble Brio-Sol y Luna-Music of the Sephardim at Beth Elohim

Welcome to the 2025 Piccolo Spoleto Festival!

Every spring, Charleston transforms — our streets, parks, and stages come alive with music, movement, and imagination. For over four decades, Piccolo Spoleto has helped make that transformation possible, and it remains one of the most exciting times of the year in our city.

This festival is a true celebration of the arts — from jazz and theater to poetry, painting, dance and everything in between. You’ll see work from incredibly talented local artists alongside emerging and established creatives from across the country. It’s a reminder that Charleston is not just a backdrop for great art — it’s a place where creativity thrives.

What I love most about Piccolo is that it brings people together. Whether you’re a lifelong Charlestonian or here for your very first visit, the festival offers something that will move you, make you think or simply make you smile. It’s in the moments of connection — in the audience, on stage, and out in the community — that this festival really shines.

To the artists: thank you for sharing your gifts with us. To the city’s Office of Cultural Affairs and the volunteers who make all of this possible — your work makes a lasting impact, and I’m truly grateful.

So, get out there, explore something new, and soak up everything this festival has to offer. Here’s to a vibrant, joyful and unforgettable Piccolo Spoleto.

Sincerely,

William S. Cogswell, Jr. Mayor

Piccolo Spoleto salutes its recent sponsors

grandkids who came when they were young. It’s really great to see,” said Watson. Some more coming highlights of the citybacked festival:

Sundown Poetry Series. Greenville, S.C., Poet Laureate Glenis Redmond is one of nine poets who will recite works as part of a weekday evening poetry series in Washington Park starting May 27.

Noon concerts at Circular. Every Monday to Friday starting May 26, creative musicians will offer free midday concerts at Circular Congregational Church, including Charleston stalwarts Peter Kfoury, Ann Caldwell, Mike Fritz and Leah Suarez.

Early Music Series. If you have a penchant for early classical music, don’t miss a May 24-31 series at 3 p.m. at St. Mary’s Catholic Church on Hasell Street that features composers from Mozart and Vivaldi to Handel and Bach.

Young artists. And if you’re into emerging artists, check out a series where College of Charleston students showcase various musical disciplines in the Recital Hall of the Simons Center for the Arts on St. Philip Street.

Piccolo Fringe. You can get your fill of rib-tickling improvisational comedy at more than a dozen shows at Theatre 99 on Meeting Street.

Theatre. There are lots of theatre offerings throughout the festival including four performances of La serva padrona by the Charleston Opera Theater. The Threshold Repertory Theatre presents six plays, including the popular A Yank in Scotland, with four shows from May 25 to June 3. And the students at the College of Charleston offer seven performances of plays and staged readings at three sites.

Piccolo Fiction. Meet authors Laurie Devore, Julia Elliott, Patti Callahan Henry and Finn Merritt during a 5 p.m. May 31 reading event at Blue Bicycle Books, 420 King St.

Sand-sculpting competition. Head over to the beach at Isle of Palms 9 a.m. June 7 to enjoy the festival’s grittiest challenge — the annual sand-sculpting competition. You’ll be amazed how artists take raw water and sand to create fantastic castles and more.

The festival wraps up 5 p.m. June 7 with a free finale at Hampton Park. It features a surprise lineup of musical artists and food vendors, and it serves as a much-anticipated highlight of the season.

Madey Lynch is is an arts journalism graduate student at Syracuse University. Editor Andy Brack contributed to this story.

Photos provided

Charleston Symphony (above) and guest artist Kyaunnee Richardson (left) will thrill crowds at the traditional Sunset Serenade

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I find the music exciting to play, and I think audiences find it very exciting to listen to.”

—Guitarist

Christopher Laughlin

locally-filmed HBO show The Righteous Gemstones. The tune is eventually featured in multiple episodes — specifically in episodes five and six of season one — where it is performed by actors Walton Goggins and Jennifer Nettles.

Rowinsky said via email that his musical career began in 2016 when he auditioned for the “Elena of Avalor” live show at Disney World. He was chosen to be the lead guitarist for the show, performing onstage at Cinderella Castle in the Magic Kingdom. Since then, Rowinsky hasn’t slowed down, playing in venues like The Venetian Resort in Las Vegas and Six Flags.

The day before Rowinsky’s performance, guitarist Christopher Laughlin will be at Circular Congregational,

performing Johann Sebastian Bach’s “Prelude to Cello Suite No. 1,” pieces by legendary Spanish composer Isaac Albéniz, a flamenco piece from fellow Spanish composer Paco de Lucía and more. Tickets are $25 each.

For Laughlin, skilled in classical, flamenco and fingerstyle guitar, the performance at Circular Congregational will give him a chance to show off his range and to expand his technique. This is especially the case with the flamenco guitar, as he had to learn more advanced strumming techniques in order to play properly.

“I find the music exciting to play, and I think audiences find it very exciting to listen to,” Laughlin said.

He will close out the performance with pop songs such as “Just the Two of Us” by Bill Withers and “Everybody Wants to Rule the World” by Tears for Fears. If the audience wants an encore, Laughlin said, they’ll get “Sweet Sweet Child O’ Mine” by Guns N’ Roses.

Henry O’Brien is an arts journalism and communications graduate of the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University.

Lime and the Coconuts perform May 24 (Wragg Square) and May 26 (Circular)

The Festival by Genre

Charleston’s Piccolo

Spoleto Festival is back with a broad range of performances — from free outdoor concerts, familyfriendly fun and exhibitions to ticketed events to whet your cultural whistle in theater, music and more. Get out during the 17-day festival to experience the Holy City’s creative community. The calendar profiled in this publication focuses on the first half of the festival. To learn more, check schedules, and buy advance tickets, visit PiccoloSpoleto.com

FESTIVAL TRADITIONS

Gullah Geechee: Connecting Wid Da Diaspora

The Gullah Geechee Angel Network presents this event that highlights artists, art and history connecting with the diaspora. Honor, celebrate and sustain Gullah Geechee culture with education, food, dance, music and more. Featuring Jasmine Smalls, Georgia Nubia, Anastasia Ketchen, Larry Ford and Randi Sykes. Noon to 3 p.m., May 24. Cannon Street Arts Center, 134 Cannon St. Free.

Children’s Programs at the Library

All events at Charleston County Public Library, 68 Calhoun St. Free tickets are limited, but required, for various kidfriendly programs:

9:30 a.m., and 11:30 a.m., May 27: Dancing on Air Crew

11: a.m., May 31: College of Chalreston’s Opera’s “Goldie B. Locks and the Three Singing Bears.” in Jack and the Beanstalk 9:30 a.m., and 11:30 a.m., June 3: Anson Quartet’s “Kids Classical! At the Library.”

again be at St. Mary’s Catholic Church, 89 Hasell St, Charleston. Bach, Vivaldi, and Mozart are the composers that will be featured in an intimate setting with stunning acoustics in this Piccolo favorite. All concerts start at 3 p.m. and last an hour. Tickets are $30 and available online or at the door.

May 24: Paris 1725 – French Baroque

May 25: Vivaldi’s Four Seasons

May 26: The Glory of Handel

May 27: Brilliant Bach

May 28: The Art of Classical Guitar

May 29: Travels through Europe

May 30: Flowers of the French Baroque

May 31: The best of N.C. Baroque Orchestra Chamber Players

• Learn about June 1-8 shows at PiccoloSpoleto.com

L’Organo

Musicians will explore the range of pipe organs in nine churches throughout the Holy City in Piccolo Spoleto’s annual L’Organo performances. Learn more about the music and locations online at PiccoloSpoleto.org. Free, but contributions welcome.

10 a.m., May 26: Eugene Lavery. St. Michael’s Church, 71 Broad St.

10 a.m., May 27: Aaron Patterson. St. John Lutheran Church, 5 Clifford St.

10 a.m., May 28: Thomas Russell.

Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, 120 Broad St.

10 a.m., May 29: Pamela Kane.

Emanuel AME Church, 110 Calhoun St.

10 a.m., May 30: Chase Olson.

Summerall Chapel, The Citadel.

3 p.m., May 31: Laura Smith. Holy Spirit Evangelical Lutheran Church, 3075 Bees Ferry Road, West Ashley.

• View June 1-8 shows online at PiccoloSpoleto.com

Lowcountry Voices

This group presents “Connections” exploring the musical journey between the Carolinas and Barbados. Morris Street Baptist Church, 25 Morris St. (F)

5 p.m., May 25

MUSIC

Shows may be ticketed (T) or free (F). More info: visit PiccoloSpoleto.com. Please check the website for other shows not listed below.

Early Music Series

A major part of Piccolo Spoleto since 1986, the Early Music Series this year will

Noon concerts at Circular

Enjoy the talents of a broad array of local musicians who are performing as a tribute to the festival with free noon concerts at Circular Congregational Church, 150 Meeting St. Performances are by:

May 26: Lime and the Coconuts

May 27: Alva Anderson and Frank Duvall

May 28: Peter Kfoury and Delia Charkler

May 29: Top Notes 8-Hand Piano Ensemble

May 30: Ann Caldwell

June 2: Jonathan Kammer

June 3: Mike Fritz Jazz Quartet

June 4: Brentwood United Methodist Youth Choir

June 5: Bill Carson and Ron Wiltrout

June 6: Leah Suarez and Friends

New South Festival Singers

Formerly the William Baker Festival Singers, the group has performed at Piccolo Spoleto since 1989, bringing exciting a cappella classics and spirituals. The group’s newest album, “Legacies of Light” was recorded live at Piccolo Spoleto 2023. Location: Circular Congregational Church, 150 Meeting St. Longtime director Lynn Swanson will retire after the performance. Free.

3 p.m., May 26

Charleston Musical Heritage Series

The Sound of Charleston, featuring music of Charleston’s history, from gospel to Gershwin, is a Festival favorite that this year offers more than ever. All shows at Circular Congregational Church, 150 Meeting St. (T)

• The Sound of Charleston: 2 p.m., May 24; 2 p.m., May 31; 2 p.m. June 7.

• Gershwin and Jazz: 2 p.m., May 25.

• Oh Happy Day Gospel Music with Ann Caldwell: 4 p.m., June 1.

Note Schedule is subject to change, with additions and tweaks expected in the coming weeks. Be sure to check back with the Charleston City Paper and the City of Charleston Office of Cultural Affairs for the latest up-to-date information. This advance calendar listing focuses on the events in the first half of Piccolo Spoleto. Additional offerings will be highlighted in the second Piccolo Spoleto program guide to be published on May 30. The most up-to-date calendar information can always be found at piccolospoleto.com

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Concerts at the Citadel

Carillonneur Michael Varnadore will play The Citadel’s 59-bell Carillion, one of the largest instruments in North America. All concerts are free and start at 11 a.m. 171 Mountrie St.

May 27, 29, June 3, 5, 7

Music for Children, May 31

Guitar Series at Circular

Guitarists Christopher Laughlin and Alejandro Rowinsky perform in thrilling separate shows that range from timeless classics to flamenco to Disney themes.

Venue: Circular Congregational Church, 150 Meeting St. (T)

Christopher Laughlin, 6 p.m., May 29

Alejandro Rowinsky, 6 p.m., May 30

Young Artists Series

Emerging artists from the College of Charleston showcase their talents in various musical disciplines in shows at the Recital Hall of the Simons Center for the Arts at the College of Charleston, 54 St. Philip St. All shows at noon. (T)

May 26: My Romance

May 27: Back to the Future

May 28: I’ll Take Romance

May 29: Great American Songbook

May 30: Music of the Romantics

June 2: Mostly Mozart

June 3: Go for Baroque

June 4: Isn’t It Romantic

June 5: To Infinity and Beyond

June 6: Steel Band, Caribbean Style!

Other musical events

• Athens Chamber Singers, 5 p.m.

May 24. Circular Congregational Church, 150 Meeting St. (F)

• Beats of Brazil – Porto Seguro with Alva Anderson, 3 p.m., May 25, and 3 p.m. June 1, Gage Hall, 4 Archdale St. (T)

• Brahm’s Piano Quintet with violinist Yurly Bekker, 6 p.m., May 27, Charleston Library Society, 164 King St. (T)

• Charleston Gospel Choir presents “A Tribute to Sergeant Isaac Woodard,” 6 p.m., May 24, Second Presbyterian Church, 342 Meeting St. (T)

• Charleston Men’s Chorus, noon, May 26, Memorial Day concert at First (Scots) Presbyterian Church, 53 Meeting St. (T)

• The Charleston Museum: A Modern Yankee Doodle, 1 p.m., May 25, Charleston Museum, 360 Meeting St. (F, but reservations required).

• City Lights Eastside Piccolo Series with Marcus Amaker, 6:30 p.m. May 29. City Lights Eastside, 12 Line St. (F, with cafe minimum).

The Festival by Genre

Impro Theatre’s ‘Tennessee Williams

Unscripted’

A completely improvised play in the style of Tennessee Williams.

7:30 p.m., May 27; 8 p.m., May 28; 8 p.m., May 29 (T).

Doozy

Improvised scenes with Dan O’Connor, Edi Patterson, Brandy Sullivan and Greg Tavares.

8 p.m. on June 4, 5, 6. (T).

THEATER

Tickets online at PiccoloSpoleto.com.

La serva padrona

Pergolesi’s comic opera by the Charleston Opera Theater with the Charleston Symphony finds a clever maid turning the tables on a grumpy master. Venue: South Carolina Society Hall, 72 Meeting St. (T)

6 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., May 26

2 p.m. and 3:30 p.m., May 27

6 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., May 28

6 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., May 29

Fantasmagoriana:

An Immersive Musical Theatre Experience

Join Lord Byron and others during the year without a summer that led to the creation of Frankenstein.

6 p.m. on June 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7, with a kid-friendly performance at 2 p.m. June 7. Venue: The Charleston Museum, 360 Meeting St. (T)

The Shortwave Kitsch Show

New stories and vintage radio vibes in a show that blends live music, comedy and spontaneous audience moments.

In partnership with SCETV.

7 p.m., June 7. Venue: Capers Hall, The Citadel, 1 Lee Ave. (T)

Cannon Street Arts Center Presents

All shows at 134 Cannon St. (T)

Shortwave Kitsch: Fuzzy Wuzzy

Mumbo Jumbo

Jump back in time with two radio shows. 2:30 p.m., May 31.

Shortwave Kitsch: By Hook or By Crook

A double feature of suspense.

7:30 p.m., May 31.

Nameless Numberhead and Friends

Sketch comedy and more.

8 p.m., June 5.

Mind Reading Musical Game Show

Family friendly performance of mindreading tricks and fun.

7 p.m. May 30; 7 p.m., June 6.

Threshold Repertory Theatre Presents

All shows at 84½ Society Street. (T)

So Long, 3108!

Written and performed by acclaimed violinist and comedian Christian Zamora. 8 p.m., May 24; 2:30 p.m., May 25; 3 p.m., May 31; 8 p.m., June 7.

A Yank in Scotland

On a story of loss and discovery in Scotland.

6 p.m., May 25; 5 p.m., May 27; 7:30 p.m., May 28; 5 p.m., June 3.

Musings from the Bar

A dive into marriage, a bar and patrons.

7 p.m., May 26; 7 p.m. June 2;

7 p.m., June 5; 8:30 p.m., June 6

Eurydice

Back by popular demand, this show reimagines the classic myth of Orpheus. Presented by the Flowertown Players. 7:30 p.m., May 29; 7:30 p.m., May 31. 3 p.m., June 1.

Sylvia

5th Wall returns with A.R. Gurney’s comedic tale of love, loyalty, and a dog named Sylvia 7:30 p.m., May 30; 7:30 p.m., June 1; 7:30 p.m., June 4; 4 p.m., June 7.

Hearts of Stone

Stage reading and talk back for this new play by Donna Hoke. Noon, June 7.

Stelle di Domani at the College of Charleston

Visit PiccoloSpoleto.com for full descriptions and times of performances of these theatrical productions by students at the College of Charleston. Shows are ticketed, unless otherwise marked, and are being performed in the Simons Center Black Box Theatre, 54 St. Philip Street; Chapel Theatre, 172 Chapel St., or Charleston Library Society, 164 King St. May 24-28 (Simons): Home, by Samm-Art Williams

May 24-27 (Chapel): Monsters of the American Cinema, by Christian St. Croix

May 29 (Simons): Musical Madness!

May 31, June 1 (Simons): Under the Lights (10-minute student plays)

May 29, 30; June 4, 5 (Chapel): Staged Readings from McNerney contest (F)

June 6, 7 (Simons): The Red Suitcase, Annex Dance Company

June 7 (Chapel): Dark/Magic Shakespeare’s Antagonists and Alchemists

June 9 (free, Library Society).: Dark/Magic Shakespeare’s Antagonists and Alchemists

• View other shows online at PiccoloSpoleto.com

DANCE

In Piccolo Spoleto’s new Dance Showcase Day on May 31, you can stop by the Citadel’s Capers Hall to see youths and local talent. On the next day, current or aspiring dancers can check out various styles of dance during Piccolo’s first Workshop Day.

• Showcase Day: Noon and 7 p.m., May 31, Capers Hall, The Cidadel, 1 Lee Ave. (F)

• Workshop Day: Six classes from noon to 5 p.m., Cato Center for the Arts, College of Charleston, 161 Calhoun St. (F)

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Sundown Poetry Series

Piccolo Spoleto’s annual Sundown Poetry Series features acclaimed poets who will read from their work in the Washington Square Park, 80 Broad St. Bring lawn chairs and picnic baskets to these free events. Signings and receptions follow at Buxton Books, 160 King St.

May 27: Richard Garcia and Miho Kinnas

May 28: Glenis Redmond

May 29: Claire Bateman

May 30: Daniel Cross Turner

June 2: Kendra Hamilton

June 3: Len Lawson

June 4: Maria Martin and Joe Zealberg

June 5: Melissa Whiteford St. Clair

June 6: Rich Ferguson

Piccolo Fiction

This event devoted to fiction offers local and S.C. authors reading short stories. Authors include Laurie Devore, Julia Elliott, Patti Callahan Henry and Finn Merritt. (F)

5 p.m. May 31, Blue Bicycle Books, 420 King St.

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Drummond weaves story-rich work at Piccolo

By Ally Watkinson

South Carolina native Arun Drummond doesn’t want to define his art using just one category.

“I’m a multi-disciplinary artist. A lot of my work does draw from Gullah traditions,” he said. “But I also like to focus on Southern history, contemporary Black culture.

“I do work that does not incorporate Gullah traditions, and that is all about storytelling and symbolism.”

Drummond, has lived in Charleston for 21 years, but this year is his year participating in Piccolo Spoleto, where he will display work as a featured artist at Marion Square and Cannon Street Arts Center.

“The festival throughout the years has been something that I have aspired to be a part of,” Drummond said. “I hope that being a part of (it) allows my work to be seen by a broader audience.”

In his art, Drummond often incorporates basketweaving traditions with painted canvas to explore a variety of themes, each categorized as a series: the nature series, the convergence series and the matriarch series. The last is inspired by the women who raised him, including his grandmother, Miss Dorothy.

“I feel like all of us can relate to having that person in their family that is sort of the glue that holds everything together. So I continue to honor her through this work and … my mother, my two aunts,” Drummond said. “Without those women, I wouldn’t be who I am.”

Outside of Piccolo, Drummond’s work is part of the museum shop at the International African American Museum (IAAM).

“At the museum, we talk a lot about sort of emphasizing the idea of cultural preservation and what it really means to pass on an art practice, to pass on the story,” said Brandon Reid, a public historian at IAAM. “Through his artwork, he’s able to portray aspects of the African American experience by being very intentional about how he designs and sort of creates and frames the individuals portrayed in his pieces.”

“I feel like all of us can relate to having that person in their family that is sort of the glue that holds everything together. So I continue to honor her through this work and … my mother, my two aunts. Without those women, I wouldn’t be who I am.”

—Artist Arun Drummond

Drummond is also working on opening his own space later this year on Line Street, Drummond Studio Gallery. He said it will feature artists from across the country at different stages in their careers.

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Visual Art

graphic-rich paintings often incorporate other media, such as sweetgrass baskets

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“I want to continue storytelling because I feel like it’s one of the most powerful ways to communicate,” Drummond said. “When I realized that I had a platform where people actually are listening to me and paying attention, then I knew that I had to use that platform for a higher purpose.”

The gallery’s motto is ‘art, culture and community,’ and is meant to be a space where everyone feels welcome. For Drummond, art is meant to serve as a historical document of

our respective moment in time.

“It’s a snapshot of the things we are creating,” he said, “the things we are observing and the changes happening in our environment every day.”

Drummond is a vendor at the Charleton Farmers Market, and will be one of the craft exhibitors at Marion Square on May 25 and June 1. His work will also be on view at Cannon Street Arts Center from May 28 to June 8.

Ally Watkinson is an arts, style and culture journalism graduate student at Syracuse University.

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Drummond’s

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